--- a/model/glossary.html Thu May 24 21:26:36 2012 +0100
+++ b/model/glossary.html Thu May 24 21:57:12 2012 +0100
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
</span>
<span class="glossary" id="glossary-delegation">
-<dfn id="concept-delegation">Delegation</dfn> is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate) to carry out specific activities. However the person who delegated the work remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work.
- @luc, @zednick, I think we should also cover the case where an agent "just does it without asking" for another agent. (altruism)
+<dfn id="concept-delegation">Delegation</dfn> is the assignment of authority to an agent
+(by itself or by another agent)
+ to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent that it represents remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work.
</span>
<!--A <dfn title="concept-responsibility">responsibility chain</dfn> is a relation between two agents,
--- a/model/glossary.js Thu May 24 21:26:36 2012 +0100
+++ b/model/glossary.js Thu May 24 21:57:12 2012 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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// <div class="glossary-ref" ref="glossary-generation"></div>
-glossary_hg='http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/file/2828a5af0017/model/glossary.html';
+glossary_hg='http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/file/326c8c7cf6ef/model/glossary.html';
glossary_string=
' ' +
'<html> ' +
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@
'</span> ' +
' ' +
'<span class="glossary" id="glossary-delegation"> ' +
-'<dfn id="concept-delegation">Delegation</dfn> is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate) to carry out specific activities. However the person who delegated the work remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work. ' +
-' @luc, @zednick, I think we should also cover the case where an agent "just does it without asking" for another agent. (altruism) ' +
+'<dfn id="concept-delegation">Delegation</dfn> is the assignment of authority to an agent ' +
+'(by itself or by another agent) ' +
+' to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent that it represents remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work. ' +
'</span> ' +
' ' +
'<!--A <dfn title="concept-responsibility">responsibility chain</dfn> is a relation between two agents, ' +
--- a/model/prov-dm.html Thu May 24 21:26:36 2012 +0100
+++ b/model/prov-dm.html Thu May 24 21:57:12 2012 +0100
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@
<p>The second component of PROV-DM, depicted in <a href="#figure-component2">Figure 6</a>, is concerned with <a title="agent">agents</a> and the notions of
<a>Attribution</a>, <a>Association</a>, <a>Delegation</a>, relating agents to entities, activities, and agents, respectively.
- Core structures are displayed in the yellow area and include three classes and three binary associations. Outside the yellow area, extended structures comprise the subclass <a>Plan</a> and UML association classes to express expanded n-ary relations.
+ Core structures are displayed in the yellow area and include three classes and three binary associations. Outside the yellow area, extended structures comprise and UML association classes to express expanded n-ary relations, and subclasses <a>Plan</a>, <a>Person</a>, <a title="software-agent">SofwareAgent</a>, and <a>Organization</a>. The subclasses are marked by the UML stereotype "prov:type" to indicate that that these are valid values for the attribute <a href="#term-attribute-type">prov:type</a>
</p>