Schema for a generic data provenance
This schema builds on the Thing schema, and diversifies it to capture the key provenance concepts Agent, Activity, Entity and their relationships.
It does that by drawing on (a subset) of the PROV data model PROV-DM.
Central paradigm of the schema is the qualified relation pattern.
The three Thing derived key concepts Agent, Activity, and Entity each provide a relation (symmetric property) slot for inline declaration of related things.
This relation slot is also the only slots that permits inline declaration.
A relationship can be further characterized by referencing a Thing by its object identifier in slots like was_attributed_to (for an Agent).
Full relation qualification is supported via inline declaration of Influence (derived) class instances in slots like
qualified_relation: for anEntityInfluenceon anEntityqualified_association: for anAgentInfluenceon anActivityqualified_attribution: for anAgentInfluenceon anEntity
Available as
URI: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/prov/unreleased
Name: prov-schema
Schema Diagram
erDiagram
Activity {
W3CISO8601 ended_at
uriorcurie id
uriorcurieList conforms_to
string description
uriorcurieList is_about
uriorcurie meta_type
string name
uriorcurieList same_as
string title
uriorcurie type
}
Agent {
uriorcurie id
uriorcurieList conforms_to
string description
uriorcurieList is_about
uriorcurie meta_type
string name
uriorcurieList same_as
string title
uriorcurie type
}
Entity {
uriorcurie id
uriorcurieList conforms_to
string description
uriorcurieList is_about
uriorcurie meta_type
string name
uriorcurieList same_as
string title
uriorcurie type
}
Influence {
string influencer
}
AgentInfluence {
string influencer
}
Attribution {
string influencer
}
EntityInfluence {
uriorcurie meta_type
string influencer
}
Derivation {
uriorcurie had_activity
uriorcurie meta_type
string influencer
}
Role {
uriorcurie id
}
Thing {
uriorcurie id
uriorcurieList conforms_to
string description
uriorcurieList is_about
uriorcurie meta_type
string name
uriorcurieList same_as
string title
uriorcurie type
}
Identifier {
string notation
}
Characteristic {
string description
uriorcurie is_defined_by
string name
string title
uriorcurie type
uriorcurie range
string value
}
Property {
uriorcurie meta_type
string description
uriorcurie is_defined_by
string name
string title
uriorcurie type
uriorcurie range
string value
}
QuantitativeProperty {
uriorcurie unit
uriorcurie meta_type
string description
uriorcurie is_defined_by
string name
string title
uriorcurie type
uriorcurie range
string value
}
Activity ||--}o AgentInfluence : "qualified_association"
Activity ||--}o Thing : "relation"
Activity ||--}o Agent : "was_associated_with"
Activity ||--}o Activity : "was_informed_by"
Activity ||--}o Identifier : "identifier"
Activity ||--}o Property : "has_property"
Agent ||--}o Thing : "relation"
Agent ||--}o Identifier : "identifier"
Agent ||--}o Property : "has_property"
Entity ||--}o Attribution : "qualified_attribution"
Entity ||--}o Derivation : "qualified_derivation"
Entity ||--}o EntityInfluence : "qualified_relation"
Entity ||--}o Thing : "relation"
Entity ||--}o Agent : "was_attributed_to"
Entity ||--}o Entity : "was_derived_from"
Entity ||--}o Activity : "was_generated_by"
Entity ||--}o Identifier : "identifier"
Entity ||--}o Property : "has_property"
Influence ||--}| Role : "had_role"
AgentInfluence ||--|| Agent : "agent"
AgentInfluence ||--}| Role : "had_role"
Attribution ||--|| Agent : "agent"
Attribution ||--}| Role : "had_role"
EntityInfluence ||--}| Entity : "entity"
EntityInfluence ||--}| Role : "had_role"
Derivation ||--}| Entity : "entity"
Derivation ||--}| Role : "had_role"
Thing ||--}o Identifier : "identifier"
Thing ||--}o Property : "has_property"
Identifier ||--|o Thing : "schema_agency"
Classes
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | An inherent quality, function, disposition or process characteristic. |
| Property | An inherent quality, function, disposition or process characteristic that is being observed or measured. |
| QuantitativeProperty | An inherent quantitative property that is being observed or measured. |
| Identifier | Identifier. |
| Influence | Capacity of an entity, activity, or agent to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of another. |
| AgentInfluence | Capacity of an agent to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of another Entity, Agent, or Activity |
| Attribution | Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent. |
| EntityInfluence | Capacity of an entity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of another. |
| Derivation | Transformation of an entity into another, an update of an entity resulting in a new one, or the construction of a new entity based on a pre-existing entity. |
| Role | A role is the function of a resource or agent with respect to another resource, in the context of resource attribution or resource relationships. |
| Thing | The most basic item. |
| Activity | An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or with entities; it may include consuming, processing, transforming, modifying, relocating, using, or generating entities. |
| Agent | Something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place, for the existence of an entity, or for another agent's activity. |
| Entity | A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary. |
Slots
| Slot | Description |
|---|---|
| agent | References an agent which influenced an entity |
| conforms_to | An established standard to which the subject conforms |
| description | A free-text account of the thing |
| ended_at | End is when an activity is deemed to have been ended by an entity, known as t... |
| entity | References an entity which influenced an entity |
| had_activity | The function of an entity or agent with respect to another entity or resource |
| had_role | The function of an entity or agent with respect to another entity or resource |
| has_property | Relation between a subject and a quality, capability or role that it bears |
| id | Globally unique identifier of a metadata object |
| identifier | An unambiguous reference to the subject within a given context |
| influencer | Reference the resource (Entity, Agent, or Activity) whose influence is being ... |
| is_about | A relation of an information artifact to a thing |
| is_defined_by | The definition of the subject thing |
| meta_type | Type designator of a metadata object for validation and schema structure hand... |
| name | Name of a thing |
| notation | String of characters such as "T58:5" or "30:4833" used to uniquely identify a... |
| qualified_association | Assignment of responsibility to an agent for an activity, indicating that the... |
| qualified_attribution | Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent |
| qualified_derivation | A transformation of an entity into another, an update of an entity resulting ... |
| qualified_relation | Characterizes the relationship or role of an entity with respect to the subje... |
| range | State that the values of a property are instances of a class |
| relation | The subject has a relation to the object |
| same_as | Property that determines that subject and object are equal |
| schema_agency | Name of the agency that issued an identifier |
| title | A summarily description of a thing |
| type | State that the subject is an instance of a class |
| unit | A unit of measurement is a standardized quantity of a physical quality |
| value | Value of a thing |
| was_associated_with | An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for an... |
| was_attributed_to | Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent |
| was_derived_from | Derivation is a transformation of an entity into another, an update of an ent... |
| was_generated_by | Generation is the completion of production of a new entity by an activity |
| was_influenced_by | The object had an effect on the character, development, or behavior of the su... |
| was_informed_by | Communication is the exchange of an entity by two activities, one activity us... |
Enumerations
| Enumeration | Description |
|---|---|
Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Boolean | A binary (true or false) value |
| Curie | a compact URI |
| Date | a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar |
| DateOrDatetime | Either a date or a datetime |
| Datetime | The combination of a date and time |
| Decimal | A real number with arbitrary precision that conforms to the xsd:decimal speci... |
| Double | A real number that conforms to the xsd:double specification |
| Float | A real number that conforms to the xsd:float specification |
| Integer | An integer |
| Jsonpath | A string encoding a JSON Path |
| Jsonpointer | A string encoding a JSON Pointer |
| Ncname | Prefix part of CURIE |
| Nodeidentifier | A URI, CURIE or BNODE that represents a node in a model |
| Objectidentifier | A URI or CURIE that represents an object in the model |
| Sparqlpath | A string encoding a SPARQL Property Path |
| String | A character string |
| Time | A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any particular... |
| Uri | a complete URI |
| Uriorcurie | a URI or a CURIE |
| W3CISO8601 | W3C variant/subset of IS08601 for specifying date(times) |
Subsets
| Subset | Description |
|---|---|