integrated new definition of original source and quotation in components file
authorLuc Moreau <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:15:19 +0000
changeset 1911 7be0fed58c14
parent 1910 6cd504ce474a
child 1912 9f00ccf2eb9a
integrated new definition of original source and quotation in components file
model/working-copy/wd5-prov-dm-components.html
--- a/model/working-copy/wd5-prov-dm-components.html	Fri Mar 16 08:09:14 2012 +0000
+++ b/model/working-copy/wd5-prov-dm-components.html	Fri Mar 16 08:15:19 2012 +0000
@@ -1497,42 +1497,86 @@
 <section id="term-quotation">
 <h3>Quotation</h3>
 
-<div class="note">I find that quotation is really a misnomer. This expands into derivation with attribution, in what sense is the derived entity a "quote" of the original?  . The agent that is quoted is particularly obscure. It does not seem to be involved in the quoting at all.  Why isn't quoting an activity with the quoting agent associated with it? [PM]. Need example [DG].</div>
-
-<p> A <dfn>quotation</dfn>
- is the repeat of an entity (such as text or image) by
-someone other that its original author. Quotation
- is a particular case of  <a href="#Derivation-Relation">derivation</a> in which entity <span class="name">e2</span> is derived from entity <span class="name">e1</span> by copying, or "quoting", parts of it.</p>
-
-<p>  A quotation relation<span class="withPn">, written <span class="pnExpression"> wasQuotedFrom(id,e2,e1,ag2,ag1,attrs)</span> in PROV-N,</span> contains:</p>
+<p> 
+<span class="glossary" id="glossary-quotation">  
+A <dfn>quotation</dfn>
+ is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or image, by
+someone other than its original author. 
+</span>
+
+<p>Quotation
+ is a particular case of  <a href="#Derivation-Relation">derivation</a> in which entity <span class="name">e2</span> is derived from an original entity <span class="name">e1</span> by copying, or "quoting", some or all of it.
+  A <dfn>quotation relation</dfn><span class="withPn">, written <span class="pnExpression">wasQuotedFrom(id,e2,e1,ag2,ag1,attrs)</span> in PROV-N,</span> contains:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><span class='attribute'>id</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier for the relation;</li> 
-<li><span class='attribute'>quote</span>:  an identifier  of the entity that represents the quote (the partial copy);
-<li><span class='attribute'>quoted</span>: an identifier  of the original entity being quoted;
-<li><span class='attribute'>quoterAgent</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier of the agent who is doing the quoting;
-<li><span class='attribute'>quotedAgent</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier of the agent who attributed to the original entity;
+<li><span class='attribute'>quote</span>:  an identifier (<span class="name">e2</span>) for the entity that represents the quote (the partial copy);
+<li><span class='attribute'>original</span>: an identifier (<span class="name">e1</span>) for the original entity being quoted;
+<li><span class='attribute'>quoterAgent</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier (<span class="name">ag2</span>) for the agent who performs the quote;
+<li><span class='attribute'>originalAgent</span>: an OPTIONAL identifier (<span class="name">ag1</span>) for the agent to whom the original entity is attributed;
 <li><span class='attribute'>attributes</span>: an OPTIONAL set of attribute-value pairs to further describe the properties of the relation.</li>
 
 </ul>
 
+<div class="anexample" id="anexample-quotation">
+<p>
+The following paragraph is a quote from one of  <a href="http://thinklinks.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/thoughts-from-the-dagstuhl-principles-of-provenance-workshop/">the author's blogs</a>.
+<blockquote id="paul-quote"><em>
+During the workshop, it became clear to me that the consensus based models (which are often graphical in nature) can not only be formalized but also be directly connected to these database focused formalizations. I just needed to get over the differences in syntax.  This could imply that we could have nice way to trace provenance across systems and through databases and be able to understand the mathematical properties of this interconnection.</em>
+</blockquote>
+<p>If <a href="http://thinklinks.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/thoughts-from-the-dagstuhl-principles-of-provenance-workshop/"><span class="name">ex:blog</span></a> denotes the original blog by agent <span class="name">ex:Paul</span>, and 
+ <a href="#paul-quote"><span class="name">ex:blockquote</span></a> denotes the above paragraph, then the following descriptions express that the above paragraph is copied by agent <span class="name">ex:Luc</a> from a part of the blog, attributed to the agent <span class="name">ex:Paul</a>.</p>
+<pre class="codeexample">
+entity(ex:blog)
+agent(ex:Luc)
+agent(ex:Paul)
+wasQuotedFrom(ex:blockQuote,ex:blog,ex:Luc,ex:Paul)
+</pre>
+
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+
 </section>  <!-- end quotation -->
 
 
-<section id="term-orignal-source">
+<section id="term-original-source">
 <h3>Original Source</h3>
 
-<div class="note"> I find this relation confusing. Please add an example. I wouldn't really know when to use this. [PM]. Need example [DG]</div>
-
-<p> An <dfn>original source relation</dfn> is a particular case of <a href="#Derivation-Relation">derivation</a> that states that an entity <span class="name">e2</span> (derived) was originally part of some other entity <span class="name">e1</span> (the original source).</p>
+<p>
+<span class="glossary" id="glossary-original-source">  
+An <dfn>original source</dfn> refers to the
+source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied.
+</span>
+</p>
+
+<p>An <dfn>original source relation</dfn> is a particular case of <a href="#Derivation-Relation">derivation</a> 
+which aims to give
+credit to the source that originated some information. It is recognized that it may be
+hard to determine which entity constitutes an original source. This definition is inspired by
+<tt>orginal-source</tt> 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> An original source relation<span class="withPn">, written <span class="pnExpression"> hadOriginalSource(id,e2,e1,attrs)</span>,</span> contains:</p>
 <ul>
-<li><span class='attribute'>id</span>:  an OPTIONAL identifier identifying the relation;</li> 
+<li><span class='attribute'>id</span>:  an OPTIONAL identifier for the relation;</li> 
 <li><span class='attribute'>derived</span>: an identifier for the derived entity; </li>
 <li><span class='attribute'>source</span>: an identifier  for the original source entity;</li>
 <li><span class='attribute'>attributes</span>: an OPTIONAL set of attribute-value pairs to further describe the properties of the relation.</li>
 </ul>
 
+<div class="anexample">
+<p>
+Let us consider the current section <a href="#term-original-source"><span class="name">dm:term-original-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 was originally described.
+<pre class="codeexample">
+entity(dm:term-original-source)
+entity(go:credit-where-credit-is-due.html)
+hadOriginalSource(dm:term-original-source,go:credit-where-credit-is-due.html)
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+
 </section>  <!-- end original source -->
 
 <section id="term-traceability">