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<span class="glossary" id="glossary-primary-source">
+A <dfn id="concept-primary-source">primary source</dfn>
+for a topic refers to something produced by some agent
+with direct experience and knowledge about the topic, at the time of
+the topic's study, without benefit from hindsight.
+</span>
+
+
+<span class="glossary" id="glossary-primary-source-old">
A <dfn id="concept-primary-source">primary source</dfn> refers to the
source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied.
</span>
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+glossary_hg='http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/file/445f205fb03e/model/glossary.html';
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' ' +
'<span class="glossary" id="glossary-primary-source"> ' +
+'A <dfn id="concept-primary-source">primary source</dfn> ' +
+'for a topic refers to something produced by some agent ' +
+'with direct experience and knowledge about the topic, at the time of ' +
+'the topic\'s study, without benefit from hindsight. ' +
+'</span> ' +
+' ' +
+' ' +
+'<span class="glossary" id="glossary-primary-source-old"> ' +
'A <dfn id="concept-primary-source">primary source</dfn> refers to the ' +
'source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied. ' +
'</span> ' +
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</p>
-<p>A <dfn>primary source</dfn> relation is a particular case of <a>derivation</a>
-that aims to give
-credit to the source that originated some information. It is recognized that it may be
-hard to determine which entity constitutes a primary source. This definition is inspired by
+<p>Because of the directness of primary sources, they "speak for
+themselves" in ways that cannot be captured through the filter of
+secondary sources. As such, it is important for secondary sources to
+reference those primary sources from which they were derived, so that
+their reliability can be investigated.</p>
+
+
+<p>A <dfn>primary source</dfn> relation is a particular case of <a>derivation</a> of
+secondary materials from their primary sources. It is recognized that
+the determination of primary sources can be up to interpretation, and
+should be done according to conventions accepted within the
+application's domain.</p>
+
+<p>This definition is inspired by
<span class="name">original-source</span> as defined in
<a href="http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/credit-where-credit-is-due.html">http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/credit-where-credit-is-due.html</a>.</p>
-<!--
-<p> An <dfn title="hadOriginalSource">original source</dfn> relation<span class="withPn">, written <span class="pnExpression">hadOriginalSource(id; e2, e1, a, g2, u1, attrs)</span>,</span> has:</p>
-<ul>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.id">id</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier for the relation;</li>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.derived">derived</span>: an identifier (<span class="name">e2</span>) for the derived entity; </li>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.source">source</span>: an identifier (<span class="name">e1</span>) for the original source entity;</li>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.activity">activity</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier (<span class="name">a</span>) for the activity using and generating the above entities;</li>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.generation">generation</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier (<span class="name">g2</span>) for the generation involving the generated entity (<span class="name">e2</span>) and activity;</li>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.usage">usage</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier (<span class="name">u1</span>) for the usage involving the used entity (<span class="name">e1</span>) and activity;</li>
-<li><span class='attribute' id="originalSource.attributes">attributes</span>: an OPTIONAL set (<span class="name">attrs</span>) of attribute-value pairs representing additional information about this relation.</li>
-</ul>
--->
-<div class="anexample">
+<div class="anexample" id="anexample-primary-source1">
+<p>
+Let us consider Charles Joseph Minard's flow map of Napoleon's March in
+1812, which was published in 1869. Although the map is not a primary source,
+Minard probably used the journal of Pierre-Irénée Jacob, pharmacist
+to Napoleon's army during the Russian campaign. This primary source relation
+can be encoded as follows.</p>
+
+<pre class="codeexample">
+entity(ex:la-campagne-de-Russie-1812-1813)
+entity(ex:revue-d-Histoire-de-la-Pharmacie-t-XVIII)
+wasDerivedFrom(ex:la-campagne-de-Russie-1812-1813,
+ex:revue-d-Histoire-de-la-Pharmacie-t-XVIII,
+ [ prov:type='prov:Source' ])
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="anexample" id="anexample-primary-source2">
<p>
Let us consider the concept introduced in the current section, identified as <a title="primary source"><span class="name">dm:concept-primary-source</span></a>, and
the Google page <a href="http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/credit-where-credit-is-due.html"><span class="name">go:credit-where-credit-is-due.html</span></a>, where the notion original-source was originally described (to the knowledge of the authors).