Hi Simon, I want to be able to contrast the sentence we are discussing with: "Usage, start, end, generation, invalidation, communication, derivation, attribution, association, and delegation are also influence." Luc On 11/22/2012 05:32 PM, Miles, Simon wrote: > Hi Luc, > > OK. It is the phrasing that is odd. I have no problem with "defined as" in itself, but the phrase "defined as Influence", as this does not seem meaningful. > > Given what you say, would one of the following be OK? > > Specialization is not defined as a subtype of Influence > Specialization is not defined as a kind of Influence > > Thanks, > Simon > > On 22 Nov 2012, at 17:24, "Luc Moreau" <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Simon, >> >> It's one of the changes approved as part of ISSUE-525. >> >> We, in prov-dm, do not define specialization as an influence. Others may >> do, and we don't disallow it. >> So I wouldn't want to say that specialization is not a sub-type of >> Influence, since this seems >> to prevent others from doing it. >> >> Luc >> >> >> On 11/22/2012 03:53 PM, Miles, Simon wrote: >>> Section 5.5.1: "Specialization is not defined as Influence" sounds odd, and I'm not sure what it means. Do you mean "Specialization is not a kind of Influence" or "Specialization is not a sub-type of Influence"? The same issue applies in Sections 5.5.2 and 5.6.2 for Alternate and MemberOf. >> -- >> Professor Luc Moreau >> Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 >> University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 >> Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk >> United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm >> -- Professor Luc Moreau Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavmReceived on Thursday, 22 November 2012 17:39:42 GMT
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