Collection of provenance properties for use in schemas

This schema mixin provides the majority of the terms and relationships defined by PROV-O, with the following exceptions and deviations. It is implemented as a mixin to be able to flexibly add provenance-focused interfaces to classes that are part of a topical class hierarchy already.

All relationships are implemented using the "qualified relation" pattern, but combined with properties that are named after their (shortened) "binary" equivalent. For example, a wasDerivedFrom is implemented as the derived_from slot, and has the Derivation association class as its range. This means that qualifying properties of a relationship are consolidated into the respective relationship class. Consequently, there is no equivalent of, for example, generatedAtTime. Instead, the time needs to be annotated via the at_time slot of Generation.

All relationship classes uniformly use an object slot to reference the respective entity, agent, or activity. PROV-O's actedOnBehalfOf is named delegated_by for consistency with the association class Delegation.

No inverse properties are defined, i.e. there is invalidated_by, but not invalidated.

This schema does not implement support for PROV bundles.

There is no support for annotating an Influence with an unspecific Activity (hadActivity, optional in PROV-O). For describing, for example, the generating activity in a derivation, generated_by is provided.

The annotation of Agent and Entity instances with a location (PROV-O atLocation) is not supported. The idea of a (single) location for these concepts is at odds with the core approach of this schema to use persistent identifiers for all Things. However, at_location is supported within Start and End that are available to annotate Activity, and EntityInfluence like Usage with temporal and spatial locators.

There is not direct support for the PROV-O classes Location, Plan, (and with it hadPlan), Role, and SoftwareAgent. The Thing class can be used to express these concepts in a generic fashion. Dedicated support is left to more application-specific schemas that require these concepts.

The PROV-O concept of PrimarySource, as a special case of a Derivation is not supported. Use the role annotation to identify an influencing entity in a Derivation as a "primary source".

More information may be available on the schema's about page.

The schema definition is available as

• JSON-LD context
• LinkML YAML
• LinkML YAML (static/resolved)
• OWL TTL
• SHACL TTL

URI: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/prov-mixin/unreleased

Name: prov-mixin-schema

Schema Diagram

erDiagram
ActivityInfluence {

}
ActivityMixin {

}
AgentInfluence {

}
AgentMixin {

}
Annotation {
    string annotation_value  
}
Association {

}
AttributeSpecification {
    uriorcurieList broad_mappings  
    uriorcurieList close_mappings  
    string description  
    uriorcurieList exact_mappings  
    uriorcurieList narrow_mappings  
    uriorcurieList related_mappings  
    NodeUriOrCurie schema_type  
    uriorcurie range  
    string value  
}
Attribution {

}
Communication {

}
Delegation {

}
Derivation {

}
End {
    W3CISO8601 at_time  
}
EntityInfluence {

}
EntityMixin {

}
Generation {
    W3CISO8601 at_time  
}
Influence {

}
InstantaneousEventMixin {
    W3CISO8601 at_time  
}
Invalidation {
    W3CISO8601 at_time  
}
Property {
    uriorcurie pid  
    uriorcurieList broad_mappings  
    uriorcurieList close_mappings  
    string description  
    uriorcurieList exact_mappings  
    uriorcurieList narrow_mappings  
    uriorcurieList related_mappings  
    NodeUriOrCurie schema_type  
}
Quotation {

}
Revision {

}
Start {
    W3CISO8601 at_time  
}
Statement {

}
Thing {
    uriorcurie pid  
    uriorcurieList broad_mappings  
    uriorcurieList close_mappings  
    string description  
    uriorcurieList exact_mappings  
    uriorcurieList narrow_mappings  
    uriorcurieList related_mappings  
    NodeUriOrCurie schema_type  
}
ThingMixin {
    uriorcurieList broad_mappings  
    uriorcurieList close_mappings  
    string description  
    uriorcurieList exact_mappings  
    uriorcurieList narrow_mappings  
    uriorcurieList related_mappings  
    NodeUriOrCurie schema_type  
}
Usage {
    W3CISO8601 at_time  
}
ValueSpecification {
    uriorcurie range  
    string value  
    uriorcurie pid  
    uriorcurieList broad_mappings  
    uriorcurieList close_mappings  
    string description  
    uriorcurieList exact_mappings  
    uriorcurieList narrow_mappings  
    uriorcurieList related_mappings  
    NodeUriOrCurie schema_type  
}
ValueSpecificationMixin {
    uriorcurie range  
    string value  
}

ActivityInfluence ||--|o Thing : "object"
ActivityInfluence ||--}o Thing : "roles"
ActivityMixin ||--|o End : "ended"
ActivityMixin ||--|o Start : "started"
ActivityMixin ||--}o Association : "associated_with"
ActivityMixin ||--}o Communication : "informed_by"
ActivityMixin ||--}o Influence : "influenced_by"
ActivityMixin ||--}o Usage : "used"
AgentInfluence ||--|o Thing : "object"
AgentInfluence ||--}o Thing : "roles"
AgentMixin ||--|o Delegation : "delegated_by"
AgentMixin ||--}o Influence : "influenced_by"
Annotation ||--|o Thing : "annotation_tag"
Association ||--|o Thing : "object"
Association ||--}o Thing : "roles"
AttributeSpecification ||--|| Property : "predicate"
AttributeSpecification ||--}o Annotation : "annotations"
AttributeSpecification ||--}o AttributeSpecification : "attributes"
AttributeSpecification ||--}o Statement : "characterized_by"
Attribution ||--|o Thing : "object"
Attribution ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Communication ||--|o Thing : "object"
Communication ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Delegation ||--|o Thing : "object"
Delegation ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Derivation ||--|o Generation : "generated_by"
Derivation ||--|o Thing : "object"
Derivation ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Derivation ||--}o Usage : "used"
End ||--|o Thing : "at_location"
End ||--|o Thing : "object"
End ||--}o Thing : "roles"
EntityInfluence ||--|o Thing : "object"
EntityInfluence ||--}o Thing : "roles"
EntityMixin ||--|o Generation : "generated_by"
EntityMixin ||--|o Invalidation : "invalidated_by"
EntityMixin ||--|o Quotation : "quoted_from"
EntityMixin ||--|o Revision : "revision_of"
EntityMixin ||--|o Thing : "alternate_of"
EntityMixin ||--|o Thing : "specialization_of"
EntityMixin ||--}o Attribution : "attributed_to"
EntityMixin ||--}o Derivation : "derived_from"
EntityMixin ||--}o Influence : "influenced_by"
Generation ||--|o Thing : "at_location"
Generation ||--|o Thing : "object"
Generation ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Influence ||--|o Thing : "object"
Influence ||--}o Thing : "roles"
InstantaneousEventMixin ||--|o Thing : "at_location"
Invalidation ||--|o Thing : "at_location"
Invalidation ||--|o Thing : "object"
Invalidation ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Property ||--}o Annotation : "annotations"
Property ||--}o AttributeSpecification : "attributes"
Property ||--}o Statement : "characterized_by"
Property ||--}o Thing : "relations"
Quotation ||--|o Generation : "generated_by"
Quotation ||--|o Thing : "object"
Quotation ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Quotation ||--}o Usage : "used"
Revision ||--|o Generation : "generated_by"
Revision ||--|o Thing : "object"
Revision ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Revision ||--}o Usage : "used"
Start ||--|o Thing : "at_location"
Start ||--|o Thing : "object"
Start ||--}o Thing : "roles"
Statement ||--|| Property : "predicate"
Statement ||--|| Thing : "object"
Thing ||--}o Annotation : "annotations"
Thing ||--}o AttributeSpecification : "attributes"
Thing ||--}o Statement : "characterized_by"
Thing ||--}o Thing : "relations"
ThingMixin ||--}o Annotation : "annotations"
ThingMixin ||--}o AttributeSpecification : "attributes"
ThingMixin ||--}o Statement : "characterized_by"
Usage ||--|o Thing : "at_location"
Usage ||--|o Thing : "object"
Usage ||--}o Thing : "roles"
ValueSpecification ||--}o Annotation : "annotations"
ValueSpecification ||--}o AttributeSpecification : "attributes"
ValueSpecification ||--}o Statement : "characterized_by"
ValueSpecification ||--}o Thing : "relations"

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