--- a/model/prov-dm.html Tue Apr 17 02:07:56 2012 +0200
+++ b/model/prov-dm.html Tue Apr 17 09:30:13 2012 +0100
@@ -1623,22 +1623,22 @@
<div class="anexample">
-<p>The following descriptions state the existence of derivations.</p>
+<p>The following descriptions are about derivations between <span class="name">e2</span> and <span class="name">e1</span>, but no information is provided as to the identity of the activity (and usage and generation) underpinning the derivation. In the second line, a type attribute is also provided.</p>
<pre class="codeexample">
wasDerivedFrom(e2, e1)
wasDerivedFrom(e2, e1, [prov:type="physical transform"])
+</pre>
+<p>The following description expresses that activity <span class="name">a</span>,
+using the entity <span class="name">e1</span> according to usage <span class="name">u1</span>,
+ derived the
+entity <span class="name">e2</span> and generated it according to generation
+ <span class="name">g2</span>. It is followed by descriptions for generation <span class="name">g2</span> and usage <span class="name">u1</span>.</p>
+<pre class="codeexample">
wasDerivedFrom(e2, e1, a, g2, u1)
wasGeneratedBy(g2, e2, a, -)
used(u1, a, e1, -)
</pre>
-<p>
-The first and second lines are about derivations between <span class="name">e2</span> and <span class="name">e1</span>, but no information is provided as to the identity of the activity (and usage and generation) underpinning the derivation. In the second line, a type attribute is also provided.</p>
-<p>
-The third description expresses that activity <span class="name">a</span>,
-using the entity <span class="name">e1</span> according to usage <span class="name">u1</span>,
- derived the
-entity <span class="name">e2</span> and generated it according to generation
- <span class="name">g2</span>. It is followed by descriptions for generation <span class="name">g2</span> and usage <span class="name">u1</span>. With such a comprehensive description of derivation, a program that analyzes provenance can identify the activity underpinning the derivation, it can identify how the original entity <span class="name">e1</span> was used by the activity (e.g. for instance, which argument it was passed as, if the activity is the result of a function invocation), and which output the derived entity <span class="name">e2</span> was obtained from (say, for a function returning multiple results).</p>
+<p>With such a comprehensive description of derivation, a program that analyzes provenance can identify the activity underpinning the derivation, it can identify how the original entity <span class="name">e1</span> was used by the activity (e.g. for instance, which argument it was passed as, if the activity is the result of a function invocation), and which output the derived entity <span class="name">e2</span> was obtained from (say, for a function returning multiple results).</p>
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