- From: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:02:34 +0000
- To: Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu>
- CC: Stian Soiland-Reyes <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk>, "public-prov-wg@w3.org" <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
Thanks Stephan. Is the document ready or review? Professor Luc Moreau Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ United Kingdom On 14 Feb 2013, at 00:21, "Stephan Zednik" <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote: > Hi Luc, > > Because time is running down on getting the PROV-XML Note ready for the next release I went ahead and updated the editors draft with the discussed changes. > > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/xml/prov-xml.html > > I have added sections to the design patterns section concerning the schema modularity and the conventions on type information. > > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/xml/prov-xml.html#schema-modularization > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/xml/prov-xml.html#type-conventions > > I have also update the Bundles section with the design that Stian and I have most recently been discussing and which I think will be satisfactory to you. I did rename the element to bundleContent as Stian suggested because it reads much better than bundleConstructor. > > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/xml/prov-xml.html#component4 > > Please let me know if you would like me to change anything. I tried to make the text in the bundle section clear but it's wording may not align with your interpretation. > > I have also made several other update to the document including updating the SOTD section, please refer to the Change Log section at the bottom for a summary of changes. > > --Stephan > > On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote: > >> How about the following changes? More discussion of the bundleConstructor referencing element name below. >> >> <xs:complexType name="Bundle"> >> <xs:complexContent> >> <xs:extension base="prov:Entity"> >> </xs:extension> >> </xs:complexContent> >> </xs:complexType> >> >> <xs:complexType name="BundleConstructor"> >> <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"> >> <xs:group ref="prov:documentElements"/> >> <xs:any namespace="##other" processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> >> </xs:sequence> >> <xs:attribute ref="prov:id"/> >> </xs:complexType> >> >> <xs:element name="document" type="prov:Document" /> >> <xs:complexType name="Document"> >> <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded"> >> <xs:group ref="prov:documentElements" minOccurs="0"/> >> <xs:element name="bundleConstructor" type="prov:BundleConstructor" minOccurs="0"/> >> <xs:any namespace="##other" processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" /> >> </xs:sequence> >> </xs:complexType> >> >> The group prov:documentElements does not contain a reference to prov:BundleConstructor. >> >> >> On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:50 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Luc Moreau <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> In section 5.4.2, >>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-prov-dm-20121211/#term-bundle-entity, you will >>>> see the sentence: >>>> >>>> A bundle description is of the form entity(id, [ prov:type='prov:Bundle', >>>> attr1=val1, ...] ) >>>> >>>> I therefore think it would be very confusing to use the term >>>> bundleDescriptions to refer to the constructor of section 5.4.1 >>> >>> Agreed. >>> >>> >>>> A bundle constructor ◊ allows the content and the name of a bundle to be specified >>> >>> what about <bundleContent> then? I think that should make distinction >>> with <bundle> obvious, more so than the 'constructor' which you would >>> have to read PROV-DM with a lens to understand. >>> >>> >>> Thus in a way everything in PROV-XML is a description, <bundle> is a >>> bundle description, and <bundleContent> describes the content of the >>> bundle (ie. further PROV statements). >> >> With the modeling suggestion above I use prov:bundleConstructor, but like Stian I am not a big fan of how it reads in XML. >> >> I like the following (in order of preference): >> >> bundleContent >> bundleRecords >> bundleStatements >> >> --Stephan >> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team >>> School of Computer Science >>> The University of Manchester >>> >>> >> >> >> >
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