--- a/model/working-copy/wd5-prov-dm-misc.html Thu Mar 08 09:54:33 2012 +0000
+++ b/model/working-copy/wd5-prov-dm-misc.html Thu Mar 08 10:11:17 2012 +0000
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
Activities have a start and an end (corresponding to event defined in part II). Entities have a characterization interval, with a generation event marking the interval beginning, but no event marking the interval end.
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-<p>It is proposed to introduce an explicit event that marks the end of an entity characterization interval. Some suggested that it could be a "destruction" event, others felt the term destruction is too strong, but no alternative has been proposed.</p>
+<p>It is proposed to introduce an explicit event that marks the end of an entity characterization interval. Some suggested that it could be a "destruction" event, others felt the term destruction is too strong, but no alternate term has been proposed so far.</p>
<p id="proposal1"><b>PROPOSED</b>: to introduce a prov-dm concept that marks the end of an entity lifetime. Its name remains to be determined (e.g. destruction, final usage, ...). </p>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
<p><em>The text would include the following.</em></p>
<p>Tentative definition:
-<dfn id="concept-destruction">Destruction</dfn> is the end of an entity's lifetime. Any generation or usage of an entity MUST precede its destruction.
+<dfn id="concept-destruction">Destruction</dfn> is the end of an entity's lifetime. This entity becomes unavailable for usage after destruction. This entity does no longer exist after destruction. Any generation or usage of an entity precedes its destruction.
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@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
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<b>Context:</b>
-Activities have convenient time information, with startTime and endTime attributes. This is convenience notation instead of declarating start and end times. No such convenience notation exist for entities.
+Activities have convenient time information, with startTime and endTime attributes. This is convenience notation that avoids having to declare start/end event, and associated time. No such convenience notation exisst for entities.
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<p id="proposal2"><b>PROPOSED</b>: to introduce convenience time attribute to entities (similarly to activities).</p>