PROV Ontology

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#

Classes

Accept Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Accept

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Activity Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Activity

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ActivityInfluence Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#ActivityInfluence

Description: ActivityInfluence provides additional descriptions of an Activity's binary influence upon any other kind of resource. Instances of ActivityInfluence use the prov:activity property to cite the influencing Activity.

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Agent Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Agent

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AgentInfluence Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#AgentInfluence

Description: AgentInfluence provides additional descriptions of an Agent's binary influence upon any other kind of resource. Instances of AgentInfluence use the prov:agent property to cite the influencing Agent.

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Association Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Association

Description: An instance of prov:Association provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasAssociatedWith relation from an prov:Activity to some prov:Agent that had some responsiblity for it. For example, :baking prov:wasAssociatedWith :baker; prov:qualifiedAssociation [ a prov:Association; prov:agent :baker; :foo :bar ].

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Attribution Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Attribution

Description: An instance of prov:Attribution provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasAttributedTo relation from an prov:Entity to some prov:Agent that had some responsible for it. For example, :cake prov:wasAttributedTo :baker; prov:qualifiedAttribution [ a prov:Attribution; prov:entity :baker; :foo :bar ].

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Bundle Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Bundle

Description: Note that there are kinds of bundles (e.g. handwritten letters, audio recordings, etc.) that are not expressed in PROV-O, but can be still be described by PROV-O.

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Collection Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Collection

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Communication Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Communication

Description: An instance of prov:Communication provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasInformedBy relation from an informed prov:Activity to the prov:Activity that informed it. For example, :you_jumping_off_bridge prov:wasInformedBy :everyone_else_jumping_off_bridge; prov:qualifiedCommunication [ a prov:Communication; prov:activity :everyone_else_jumping_off_bridge; :foo :bar ].

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Contribute Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Contribute

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Contributor Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Contributor

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Create Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Create

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Creator Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Creator

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Delegation Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Delegation

Description: An instance of prov:Delegation provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:actedOnBehalfOf relation from a performing prov:Agent to some prov:Agent for whom it was performed. For example, :mixing prov:wasAssociatedWith :toddler . :toddler prov:actedOnBehalfOf :mother; prov:qualifiedDelegation [ a prov:Delegation; prov:entity :mother; :foo :bar ].

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Derivation Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Derivation

Description: An instance of prov:Derivation provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasDerivedFrom relation from some derived prov:Entity to another prov:Entity from which it was derived. For example, :chewed_bubble_gum prov:wasDerivedFrom :unwrapped_bubble_gum; prov:qualifiedDerivation [ a prov:Derivation; prov:entity :unwrapped_bubble_gum; :foo :bar ].

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Dictionary Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Dictionary

Description: This concept allows for the provenance of the dictionary, but also of its constituents to be expressed. Such a notion of dictionary corresponds to a wide variety of concrete data structures, such as a maps or associative arrays.

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ProvenanceService Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#DirectQueryService

Description: Type for a generic provenance query service. Mainly for use in RDF provenance query service descriptions, to facilitate discovery in linked data environments.

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EmptyCollection Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#EmptyCollection

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Empty Dictionary Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#EmptyDictionary

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End Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#End

Description: An instance of prov:End provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasEndedBy relation from some ended prov:Activity to an prov:Entity that ended it. For example, :ball_game prov:wasEndedBy :buzzer; prov:qualifiedEnd [ a prov:End; prov:entity :buzzer; :foo :bar; prov:atTime '2012-03-09T08:05:08-05:00'^^xsd:dateTime ].

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Entity Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Entity

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EntityInfluence Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#EntityInfluence

Description: EntityInfluence provides additional descriptions of an Entity's binary influence upon any other kind of resource. Instances of EntityInfluence use the prov:entity property to cite the influencing Entity.

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Generation Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Generation

Description: An instance of prov:Generation provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasGeneratedBy relation from a generated prov:Entity to the prov:Activity that generated it. For example, :cake prov:wasGeneratedBy :baking; prov:qualifiedGeneration [ a prov:Generation; prov:activity :baking; :foo :bar ].

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Influence Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Influence

Description: An instance of prov:Influence provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasInfluencedBy relation from some influenced Activity, Entity, or Agent to the influencing Activity, Entity, or Agent. For example, :stomach_ache prov:wasInfluencedBy :spoon; prov:qualifiedInfluence [ a prov:Influence; prov:entity :spoon; :foo :bar ] . Because prov:Influence is a broad relation, the more specific relations (Communication, Delegation, End, etc.) should be used when applicable.

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Insertion Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Insertion

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InstantaneousEvent Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#InstantaneousEvent

Description: An instantaneous event, or event for short, happens in the world and marks a change in the world, in its activities and in its entities. The term 'event' is commonly used in process algebra with a similar meaning. Events represent communications or interactions; they are assumed to be atomic and instantaneous.

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  • atTime (→ XMLSchema#dateTime)

Invalidation Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Invalidation

Description: An instance of prov:Invalidation provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasInvalidatedBy relation from an invalidated prov:Entity to the prov:Activity that invalidated it. For example, :uncracked_egg prov:wasInvalidatedBy :baking; prov:qualifiedInvalidation [ a prov:Invalidation; prov:activity :baking; :foo :bar ].

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Key-Entity Pair Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#KeyEntityPair

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Location Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Location

Modify Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Modify

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Organization Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Organization

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Person Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Person

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Plan Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Plan

Description: There exist no prescriptive requirement on the nature of plans, their representation, the actions or steps they consist of, or their intended goals. Since plans may evolve over time, it may become necessary to track their provenance, so plans themselves are entities. Representing the plan explicitly in the provenance can be useful for various tasks: for example, to validate the execution as represented in the provenance record, to manage expectation failures, or to provide explanations.

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PrimarySource Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#PrimarySource

Description: An instance of prov:PrimarySource provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:hadPrimarySource relation from some secondary prov:Entity to an earlier, primary prov:Entity. For example, :blog prov:hadPrimarySource :newsArticle; prov:qualifiedPrimarySource [ a prov:PrimarySource; prov:entity :newsArticle; :foo :bar ] .

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Publish Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Publish

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Publisher Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Publisher

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Quotation Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Quotation

Description: An instance of prov:Quotation provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasQuotedFrom relation from some taken prov:Entity from an earlier, larger prov:Entity. For example, :here_is_looking_at_you_kid prov:wasQuotedFrom :casablanca_script; prov:qualifiedQuotation [ a prov:Quotation; prov:entity :casablanca_script; :foo :bar ].

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Removal Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Removal

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Replace Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Replace

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Revision Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Revision

Description: An instance of prov:Revision provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasRevisionOf relation from some newer prov:Entity to an earlier prov:Entity. For example, :draft_2 prov:wasRevisionOf :draft_1; prov:qualifiedRevision [ a prov:Revision; prov:entity :draft_1; :foo :bar ].

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RightsAssignment Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#RightsAssignment

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RightsHolder Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#RightsHolder

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Role Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Role

ServiceDescription Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#ServiceDescription

Description: Type for a generic provenance query service. Mainly for use in RDF provenance query service descriptions, to facilitate discovery in linked data environments.

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SoftwareAgent Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#SoftwareAgent

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Start Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Start

Description: An instance of prov:Start provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasStartedBy relation from some started prov:Activity to an prov:Entity that started it. For example, :foot_race prov:wasStartedBy :bang; prov:qualifiedStart [ a prov:Start; prov:entity :bang; :foo :bar; prov:atTime '2012-03-09T08:05:08-05:00'^^xsd:dateTime ] .

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Submit Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Submit

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Usage Class

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Usage

Description: An instance of prov:Usage provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:used relation from some prov:Activity to an prov:Entity that it used. For example, :keynote prov:used :podium; prov:qualifiedUsage [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :podium; :foo :bar ].

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actedOnBehalfOf Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#actedOnBehalfOf

Description: An object property to express the accountability of an agent towards another agent. The subordinate agent acted on behalf of the responsible agent in an actual activity.

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activity Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#activity

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agent Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#agent

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alternateOf Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#alternateOf

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asInBundle Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#asInBundle

Description: prov:asInBundle is used to specify which bundle the general entity of a prov:mentionOf property is described. When :x prov:mentionOf :y and :y is described in Bundle :b, the triple :x prov:asInBundle :b is also asserted to cite the Bundle in which :y was described.

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atLocation Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#atLocation

Description: The Location of any resource.

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atTime Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#atTime

Description: The time at which an InstantaneousEvent occurred, in the form of xsd:dateTime.

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derivedByInsertionFrom Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#derivedByInsertionFrom

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derivedByRemovalFrom Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#derivedByRemovalFrom

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describesService Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#describesService

Description: relates a generic provenance query service resource (type prov:ServiceDescription) to a specific query service description (e.g. a prov:DirectQueryService or a sd:Service).

endedAtTime Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#endedAtTime

Description: The time at which an activity ended. See also prov:startedAtTime.

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entity Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#entity

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generated Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#generated

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generatedAtTime Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#generatedAtTime

Description: The time at which an entity was completely created and is available for use.

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hadActivity Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadActivity

Description: The _optional_ Activity of an Influence, which used, generated, invalidated, or was the responsibility of some Entity. This property is _not_ used by ActivityInfluence (use prov:activity instead).

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hadDictionaryMember Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadDictionaryMember

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hadGeneration Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadGeneration

Description: The _optional_ Generation involved in an Entity's Derivation.

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hadMember Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadMember

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hadPlan Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadPlan

Description: The _optional_ Plan adopted by an Agent in Association with some Activity. Plan specifications are out of the scope of this specification.

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hadPrimarySource Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadPrimarySource

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hadRole Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadRole

Description: The _optional_ Role that an Entity assumed in the context of an Activity. For example, :baking prov:used :spoon; prov:qualified [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :spoon; prov:hadRole roles:mixing_implement ].

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hadUsage Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#hadUsage

Description: The _optional_ Usage involved in an Entity's Derivation.

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has_anchor Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#has_anchor

Description: Indicates anchor URI for a potentially dynamic resource instance.

has_provenance Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#has_provenance

Description: Indicates a provenance-URI for a resource; the resource identified by this property presents a provenance record about its subject or anchor resource.

hasProvenanceService Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#has_query_service

Description: Indicates a provenance query service that can access provenance related to its subject or anchor resource.

influenced Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#influenced

influencer Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#influencer

Description: Subproperties of prov:influencer are used to cite the object of an unqualified PROV-O triple whose predicate is a subproperty of prov:wasInfluencedBy (e.g. prov:used, prov:wasGeneratedBy). prov:influencer is used much like rdf:object is used.

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insertedKeyEntityPair Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#insertedKeyEntityPair

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invalidated Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#invalidated

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invalidatedAtTime Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#invalidatedAtTime

Description: The time at which an entity was invalidated (i.e., no longer usable).

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mentionOf Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#mentionOf

Description: prov:mentionOf is used to specialize an entity as described in another bundle. It is to be used in conjuction with prov:asInBundle. prov:asInBundle is used to cite the Bundle in which the generalization was mentioned.

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pairKey Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#pairEntity

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pairKey Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#pairKey

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provenance pingback Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#pingback

Description: Relates a resource to a provenance pingback service that may receive additional provenance links about the resource.

provenanceUriTemplate Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#provenanceUriTemplate

Description: Relates a provenance service to a URI template string for constructing provenance-URIs.

qualifiedAssociation Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedAssociation

Description: If this Activity prov:wasAssociatedWith Agent :ag, then it can qualify the Association using prov:qualifiedAssociation [ a prov:Association; prov:agent :ag; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedAttribution Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedAttribution

Description: If this Entity prov:wasAttributedTo Agent :ag, then it can qualify how it was influenced using prov:qualifiedAttribution [ a prov:Attribution; prov:agent :ag; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedCommunication Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedCommunication

Description: If this Activity prov:wasInformedBy Activity :a, then it can qualify how it was influenced using prov:qualifiedCommunication [ a prov:Communication; prov:activity :a; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedDelegation Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedDelegation

Description: If this Agent prov:actedOnBehalfOf Agent :ag, then it can qualify how with prov:qualifiedResponsibility [ a prov:Responsibility; prov:agent :ag; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedDerivation Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedDerivation

Description: If this Entity prov:wasDerivedFrom Entity :e, then it can qualify how it was derived using prov:qualifiedDerivation [ a prov:Derivation; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedEnd Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedEnd

Description: If this Activity prov:wasEndedBy Entity :e1, then it can qualify how it was ended using prov:qualifiedEnd [ a prov:End; prov:entity :e1; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedGeneration Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedGeneration

Description: If this Activity prov:generated Entity :e, then it can qualify how it performed the Generation using prov:qualifiedGeneration [ a prov:Generation; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedInfluence Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedInfluence

Description: Because prov:qualifiedInfluence is a broad relation, the more specific relations (qualifiedCommunication, qualifiedDelegation, qualifiedEnd, etc.) should be used when applicable.

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qualifiedInsertion Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedInsertion

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qualifiedInvalidation Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedInvalidation

Description: If this Entity prov:wasInvalidatedBy Activity :a, then it can qualify how it was invalidated using prov:qualifiedInvalidation [ a prov:Invalidation; prov:activity :a; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedPrimarySource Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedPrimarySource

Description: If this Entity prov:hadPrimarySource Entity :e, then it can qualify how using prov:qualifiedPrimarySource [ a prov:PrimarySource; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedQuotation Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedQuotation

Description: If this Entity prov:wasQuotedFrom Entity :e, then it can qualify how using prov:qualifiedQuotation [ a prov:Quotation; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedRemoval Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedRemoval

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qualifiedRevision Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedRevision

Description: If this Entity prov:wasRevisionOf Entity :e, then it can qualify how it was revised using prov:qualifiedRevision [ a prov:Revision; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedStart Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedStart

Description: If this Activity prov:wasStartedBy Entity :e1, then it can qualify how it was started using prov:qualifiedStart [ a prov:Start; prov:entity :e1; :foo :bar ].

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qualifiedUsage Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#qualifiedUsage

Description: If this Activity prov:used Entity :e, then it can qualify how it used it using prov:qualifiedUsage [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].

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removedKey Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#removedKey

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specializationOf Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#specializationOf

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startedAtTime Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#startedAtTime

Description: The time at which an activity started. See also prov:endedAtTime.

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used Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#used

Description: A prov:Entity that was used by this prov:Activity. For example, :baking prov:used :spoon, :egg, :oven .

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value Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value

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wasAssociatedWith Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasAssociatedWith

Description: An prov:Agent that had some (unspecified) responsibility for the occurrence of this prov:Activity.

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wasAttributedTo Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasAttributedTo

Description: Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent.

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wasDerivedFrom Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom

Description: The more specific subproperties of prov:wasDerivedFrom (i.e., prov:wasQuotedFrom, prov:wasRevisionOf, prov:hadPrimarySource) should be used when applicable.

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wasEndedBy Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasEndedBy

Description: End is when an activity is deemed to have ended. An end may refer to an entity, known as trigger, that terminated the activity.

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wasGeneratedBy Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasGeneratedBy

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wasInfluencedBy Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasInfluencedBy

Description: Because prov:wasInfluencedBy is a broad relation, its more specific subproperties (e.g. prov:wasInformedBy, prov:actedOnBehalfOf, prov:wasEndedBy, etc.) should be used when applicable.

wasInformedBy Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasInformedBy

Description: An activity a2 is dependent on or informed by another activity a1, by way of some unspecified entity that is generated by a1 and used by a2.

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wasInvalidatedBy Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasInvalidatedBy

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wasQuotedFrom Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasQuotedFrom

Description: An entity is derived from an original entity by copying, or 'quoting', some or all of it.

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wasRevisionOf Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasRevisionOf

Description: A revision is a derivation that revises an entity into a revised version.

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wasStartedBy Property

URI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasStartedBy

Description: Start is when an activity is deemed to have started. A start may refer to an entity, known as trigger, that initiated the activity.

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