Re: PROV-ISSUE-222 (used-objectproperty): Datatype property for used? [Ontology]

I'm closing this issue. 

I moved it to the FAQ at :http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/PROV-FAQ#How_to_.22use.22_a_string_.28e.g._when_modeling_a_parameter.29

-Tim


On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:53 AM, Graham Klyne <graham.klyne@zoo.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 17/04/2012 18:48, Jim McCusker wrote:
>> For filenames, I would figure that one should use a file:// URI. Are there
>> any reasons not to?
> 
> Maybe, but I'm not aware of the full context, so ignore me if this doesn't make sense.
> 
> file:// URIs are interpreted with respect to a specific host environment (commonly localhost, but can be named).  While it's possible to separately a denotation, I think it could prove tricky to use this in a global reasoning environment.
> 
> So, if the example is strictly local-use then file://... might be OK, but if the idea is to create provenance that can be shipped across the web I'd suggest avoiding file:// URIs.
> 
> (This reminds me that there's a proposal for a ni: URI scheme that identifies by way of cryptographic hash, which might be useful for some aspects of provenance ... http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/81/slides/decade-3.pdf, http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-farrell-decade-ni-04)
> 
> #g
> --
> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Paul Groth<p.t.groth@vu.nl>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I've place my example at
>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/Eg-27-small-command-line
>>> 
>>> Essentially, we have the name of a zip file that is associated with an
>>> Entity. The question is what is the recommended way to associate that
>>> value with the entity.
>>> 
>>> Luc's suggestion is prov:value.
>>> 
>>> I'm inclined to suggest that this also apply to activities as well....
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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