delegation definition, take 1
authorLuc Moreau <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Thu, 24 May 2012 21:57:12 +0100
changeset 2968 5900bd8af80d
parent 2967 326c8c7cf6ef
child 2969 84f67510e90d
delegation definition, take 1
model/glossary.html
model/glossary.js
model/prov-dm.html
--- 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 @@
 //  with <script src="glossary.js" class="remove"></script>
 //Insert glossary definitions with the following 
 // <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>