--- a/model/working-copy/towards-wd4.html	Mon Feb 13 21:25:08 2012 +0000
+++ b/model/working-copy/towards-wd4.html	Mon Feb 13 21:50:56 2012 +0000
@@ -1840,7 +1840,10 @@
 
 <div class="note">I find that quotation is really a misnomer. This expands into derivation with attribution, in what sense is the derived entity a "quote" of the original?  . The agent that is quoted is particularly obscure. It does not seem to be involved in the quoting at all.  Why isn't quoting an activity with the quoting agent associated with it? [PM]</div>
 
-<p> A <dfn>quotation relation</dfn> is a particular case of  <a href="#Derivation-Relation">derivation</a> that states that entity <span class="name">e2</span> is derived from entity <span class="name">e1</span> by copying, or "quoting", parts of it.</p>
+<p> A <dfn>quotation</dfn>
+ is the repeat of an entity (such as text or image) by
+someone other that its original author. Quotation
+ is a particular case of  <a href="#Derivation-Relation">derivation</a> in which entity <span class="name">e2</span> is derived from entity <span class="name">e1</span> by copying, or "quoting", parts of it.</p>
 
 <p>  A quotation relation<span class="withAsn">, written <span class="name"> wasQuotedFrom(id,e2,e1,ag2,ag1,attrs)</span> in PROV-ASN,</span> contains:</p>
 <ul>
@@ -1848,7 +1851,7 @@
 <li><em>quote</em>:  an identifier  of the entity that represents the quote (the partial copy);
 <li><em>quoted</em>: an identifier  of the original entity being quoted;
 <li><em>quoterAgent</em>: an OPTIONAL identifier of the agent who is doing the quoting;
-<li><em>quotedAgent</em>: an OPTIONAL identifier of the agent that is quoted;
+<li><em>quotedAgent</em>: an OPTIONAL identifier of the agent who attributed to the original entity;
 <li><em>attributes</em>: an OPTIONAL set of attribute-value pairs to further describe the properties of the relation.</li>
 
 </ul>