section 3 update (added actedOnBehalfOf to text)
authorLuc Moreau <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:26:42 +0000
changeset 1065 db3157c32c74
parent 1064 ecbe323a093e
child 1066 4a2161834177
section 3 update (added actedOnBehalfOf to text)
model/ProvenanceModel.html
--- a/model/ProvenanceModel.html	Mon Nov 28 12:22:50 2011 +0000
+++ b/model/ProvenanceModel.html	Mon Nov 28 12:26:42 2011 +0000
@@ -543,9 +543,7 @@
 Note that multiple <samp>activities</samp> may <em>use</em> the same <samp>entity</samp>, and each activity may use multiple <samp>entities</samp>. Finally, entities can be derived from other entities, and this is specified using the <a title="derivation record">wasDerivedFrom</a> relation.</li>
   
   <li>An <a title="agent record">Agent Record</a> represent a particular <samp>entity</samp> that can be associated to activities, meaning that it can be assigned some degree of responsibility for an <samp>activity</samp> taking place.
-  Agents have a rather generic connotation: their  association with an activity is  represented by the <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> relationship, which can take up various meanings (attribution, responsibility, supervision, management, etc.), which are not individually specified in the model. Relations <a title="start record">wasStartedBy</a> and <a title="end record">wasEndedBy</a> are specializations of <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> that can optionally be used to carry additional meaning.
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+  Agents have a rather generic connotation: their  association with an activity is  represented by the <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> relationship, which can take up various meanings (attribution, responsibility, supervision, management, etc.), which are not individually specified in the model. Relations <a title="start record">wasStartedBy</a> and <a title="end record">wasEndedBy</a> are specializations of <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> that can optionally be used to carry additional meaning. Furthermore, it is recognized that agents can act on behalf of others: hence, the relation <a title="responsibility record">actedOnBehalfOf</a> allows for chains of responsibility to be stated.
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