--- a/model/prov-dm.html Fri Nov 02 16:08:35 2012 +0000
+++ b/model/prov-dm.html Fri Nov 02 16:23:57 2012 +0000
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@
wasGeneratedBy(g2; e2, a, -)
used(u1; a, e1, -)
</pre>
-<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>
+<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 preceding 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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@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@
The implication here is that
the resulting entity contains substantial content from the
original.
-A <dfn>revision</dfn> relation is a kind of <a>derivation</a> relation from a revised entity to an original entity.
+A <dfn>revision</dfn> relation is a kind of <a>derivation</a> relation from a revised entity to a preceding entity.
The type of a revision relation is denoted by:
<dfn title="dfn-prov:revision" id="dfn-prov:revision"><span class="name">prov:Revision</span></dfn>.
PROV defines no revision-specific attributes.
@@ -2260,7 +2260,7 @@
</p>
<p>A <dfn>quotation</dfn> relation
- is a kind of <a>derivation</a> relation, for which an entity was derived from an original entity by copying, or "quoting", some or all of it.
+ is a kind of <a>derivation</a> relation, for which an entity was derived from a preceding entity by copying, or "quoting", some or all of it.
The type is of a quotation derivation is denoted by:
<dfn title="dfn-prov:quotation" id="dfn-prov:quotation"><span class="name">prov:Quotation</span></dfn>.
PROV defines no quotation-specific attributes.
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@
<p>An entity <span class="name">e1</span> may be mentioned in a bundle <span class="name">b</span>, which contains some
descriptions about this entity <span class="name">e1</span>: how <span class="name">e1</span> was generated and used, which activities <span class="name">e1</span> is involved with, the agents <span class="name">e1</span> is attributed to, etc. Other bundles may contain other descriptions about the same entity <span class="name">e1</span>.
Some applications may want to interpret
-this entity <span class="name">e1</span> with respect to the descriptions found in the bundle <span class="name">b</span> it occurs in. To this end, PROV allows a new entity <span class="name">e2</span> to be created, which is a specialization of the original entity <span class="name">e1</span>, and which presents an additional aspect: the bundle <span class="name">b</span> containing some descriptions of <span class="name">e1</span>. With this relation, applications that process <span class="name">e2</span>
+this entity <span class="name">e1</span> with respect to the descriptions found in the bundle <span class="name">b</span> it occurs in. To this end, PROV allows a new entity <span class="name">e2</span> to be created, which is a specialization of the preceding entity <span class="name">e1</span>, and which presents an additional aspect: the bundle <span class="name">b</span> containing some descriptions of <span class="name">e1</span>. With this relation, applications that process <span class="name">e2</span>
can know that the attributes of <span class="name">e2</span> may have been computed according to the descriptions of <span class="name">e1</span> in <span class="name">b</span>.</p>
@@ -3921,6 +3921,7 @@
<li> <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/462">ISSUE-462</a>: Added clarification regarding entity attributes (with respect to fixed aspects) and role of identifier with respect to equality.
<li> <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/518">ISSUE-518</a>: Added clarifying sentence of primary source.
<li> <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/552">ISSUE-552</a>: Clarifying phrasing around a quotation/revision/primary-source relation is a particular case of a derivation relation ...
+<li> Rephrased original entity to preceding entity.
</ul>
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