provo narrative
authorTim L <lebot@rpi.edu>
Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:57:07 -0400
changeset 3696 1298ed6eac4a
parent 3695 e4a1c1b1e110
child 3697 bb1a7f97501d
provo narrative
ontology/prov-o-html-sections/description-starting-points.inc.html
--- a/ontology/prov-o-html-sections/description-starting-points.inc.html	Tue Jul 03 13:47:26 2012 -0400
+++ b/ontology/prov-o-html-sections/description-starting-points.inc.html	Tue Jul 03 13:57:07 2012 -0400
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
       <strong>use</strong> Entities during their lifespan, and can <strong>generate</strong> other Entities (described using 
       <a href='#used' class="qname">prov:used</a> and <a href='#wasGeneratedBy' class="qname">prov:wasGeneratedBy</a>, respectively). 
       For example, a blog writing activity may use a particular dataset and generate a bar chart. Usage and generation can be applied to create provenance chains of 
-      alternating Activities and Entities.
+      alternating Activities and Entities. 
+      Arbitrary RDF properties can be used to describe the fixed aspects of an Entity that are interesting to a particular application (for example, 
+      the file size and format of the dataset, or the aspect ratio of the bar chart).
       </p>
 
       <p>In addiition, we can say that an Activity <a href='#wasInformedBy' class="qname">prov:wasInformedBy</a>
@@ -29,8 +31,7 @@
 
       <p>The <a href='#wasDerivedFrom' class="qname">prov:wasDerivedFrom</a> property can be used to form provenance chains of only Entities.
          A derivation is a transformation of one entity into another. For example, if the Activity that created the bar chart is not interesting,
-          the we can say that the bar chart <span class="repeated">prov:wasDerivedFrom</span> the dataset. Arbitrary RDF properties can be used to describe the 
-         fixed aspects of an Entity that are interesting to a particular application (for example, the file size and format of the dataset, or the aspect ratio of the bar chart).
+          the we can say that the bar chart <span class="repeated">prov:wasDerivedFrom</span> the dataset.
       </p>
 
       <p>An Agent can be responsible for an Activity or an Entity, which is described using the properties <a href='#wasAssociatedWith' class="qname">prov:wasAssociatedWith</a> and <a href='#wasAttributedTo' class="qname">prov:wasAttributedTo</a>, respectively. Agents can also be responsible for other Agents' actions. In this case, the Agent that influenced an Activity or Entity <a href='#actedOnBehalfOf' class="qname">prov:actedOnBehalfOf</a> another Agent that may have had less influence, but still bears some responnsibility for the resulting Activity or Entity.