--- a/ontology/prov-o-html-sections/description-starting-points.inc.html Tue Jul 03 13:47:26 2012 -0400
+++ b/ontology/prov-o-html-sections/description-starting-points.inc.html Tue Jul 03 13:57:07 2012 -0400
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
<strong>use</strong> Entities during their lifespan, and can <strong>generate</strong> other Entities (described using
<a href='#used' class="qname">prov:used</a> and <a href='#wasGeneratedBy' class="qname">prov:wasGeneratedBy</a>, respectively).
For example, a blog writing activity may use a particular dataset and generate a bar chart. Usage and generation can be applied to create provenance chains of
- alternating Activities and Entities.
+ alternating Activities and Entities.
+ Arbitrary RDF properties can be used to describe the fixed aspects of an Entity that are interesting to a particular application (for example,
+ the file size and format of the dataset, or the aspect ratio of the bar chart).
</p>
<p>In addiition, we can say that an Activity <a href='#wasInformedBy' class="qname">prov:wasInformedBy</a>
@@ -29,8 +31,7 @@
<p>The <a href='#wasDerivedFrom' class="qname">prov:wasDerivedFrom</a> property can be used to form provenance chains of only Entities.
A derivation is a transformation of one entity into another. For example, if the Activity that created the bar chart is not interesting,
- the we can say that the bar chart <span class="repeated">prov:wasDerivedFrom</span> the dataset. Arbitrary RDF properties can be used to describe the
- fixed aspects of an Entity that are interesting to a particular application (for example, the file size and format of the dataset, or the aspect ratio of the bar chart).
+ the we can say that the bar chart <span class="repeated">prov:wasDerivedFrom</span> the dataset.
</p>
<p>An Agent can be responsible for an Activity or an Entity, which is described using the properties <a href='#wasAssociatedWith' class="qname">prov:wasAssociatedWith</a> and <a href='#wasAttributedTo' class="qname">prov:wasAttributedTo</a>, respectively. Agents can also be responsible for other Agents' actions. In this case, the Agent that influenced an Activity or Entity <a href='#actedOnBehalfOf' class="qname">prov:actedOnBehalfOf</a> another Agent that may have had less influence, but still bears some responnsibility for the resulting Activity or Entity.