ProvActivity

CDIFProvenance::Classes::ProvActivity

Definition

Documentation

Original

Reference

prov:Activity

Definition

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.

CDIF

Definition

Building block that defines the prov:wasGeneratedBy property for CDIF metadata records. Wraps the cdifProvActivity building block as an array of provenance activities that describe how the described resource was generated.

Scope

An activity that generated the described resource. Combines prov:Activity (temporal bounds, used/wasAssociatedWith semantics) with schema:Action (instruments, methodology, agents in named roles, action chaining). Supports linking earlier activities to later ones via schema:object back-references to prior schema:result @ids.

Diagram

Inheritance

No generalization relationships.

Attributes

Name	Type	Multiplicity	Description
identifier	XsdAnyUri	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:identifier Definition The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: PropertyValue (https://schema.org/PropertyValue), Text (https://schema.org/Text), URL (https://schema.org/URL). CDIF Definition Formal identifier for this activity Scope @id - identifier for this activity, used as target of schema:object back-references when chaining activities.
name	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:name Definition The name of the item. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: Text (https://schema.org/Text). CDIF Definition Human-readable name for the activity Scope schema:name - human-readable name for the activity.
description	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:description Definition A description of the item. Scope Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: Text (https://schema.org/Text), TextObject (https://schema.org/TextObject). CDIF Definition Text description of what this activity did Scope schema:description - text description of what the activity did.
actionStatus	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:actionStatus Definition Indicates the current disposition of the Action. Scope Domain: Action (https://schema.org/Action). Range: ActionStatusType (https://schema.org/ActionStatusType). CDIF Definition Status of this activity Scope schema:actionStatus - status of the activity (CompletedActionStatus, ActiveActionStatus, etc.). A schema.org ActionStatusType enumeration value (URI string).
startTime	XsdDateTime	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:startTime Definition The startTime of something. For a reserved event or service (e.g. FoodEstablishmentReservation), the time that it is expected to start. For actions that span a period of time, when the action was performed. E.g. John wrote a book from January to December. For media, including audio and video, it's the time offset of the start of a clip within a larger file.\n\nNote that Event uses startDate/endDate instead of startTime/endTime, even when describing dates with times. This situation may be clarified in future revisions. Scope Domain: Action (https://schema.org/Action), FoodEstablishmentReservation (https://schema.org/FoodEstablishmentReservation), InteractionCounter (https://schema.org/InteractionCounter), MediaObject (https://schema.org/MediaObject), Schedule (https://schema.org/Schedule). Range: DateTime (https://schema.org/DateTime), Time (https://schema.org/Time). CDIF Definition ISO8601 date-time when the activity started (maps to PROV startedAtTime) Scope schema:startTime / prov:startedAtTime - when the activity began.
endTime	XsdDateTime	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:endTime Definition The endTime of something. For a reserved event or service (e.g. FoodEstablishmentReservation), the time that it is expected to end. For actions that span a period of time, when the action was performed. E.g. John wrote a book from January to December. For media, including audio and video, it's the time offset of the end of a clip within a larger file.\n\nNote that Event uses startDate/endDate instead of startTime/endTime, even when describing dates with times. This situation may be clarified in future revisions. Scope Domain: Action (https://schema.org/Action), FoodEstablishmentReservation (https://schema.org/FoodEstablishmentReservation), InteractionCounter (https://schema.org/InteractionCounter), MediaObject (https://schema.org/MediaObject), Schedule (https://schema.org/Schedule). Range: DateTime (https://schema.org/DateTime), Time (https://schema.org/Time). CDIF Definition ISO8601 date-time when the activity ended (maps to PROV endedAtTime) Scope schema:endTime / prov:endedAtTime - when the activity ended.
location	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:location Definition The location of, for example, where an event is happening, where an organization is located, or where an action takes place. Scope Domain: Action (https://schema.org/Action), Event (https://schema.org/Event), InteractionCounter (https://schema.org/InteractionCounter), Organization (https://schema.org/Organization). Range: Place (https://schema.org/Place), PostalAddress (https://schema.org/PostalAddress), Text (https://schema.org/Text), VirtualLocation (https://schema.org/VirtualLocation). CDIF Definition Where the activity occurred Scope schema:location - location where the activity took place (string, geo:Place URI, or PostalAddress; modeled as string here, dereference via @id).
actionProcess	string	[0..*]	Documentation Original Reference schema:actionProcess Definition Description of the process by which the action was performed. Scope Domain: Action (https://schema.org/Action). Range: HowTo (https://schema.org/HowTo). CDIF Definition Methodology or protocol for this activity Scope schema:actionProcess - reference to a HowTo / methodology resource (URI string).
error	string	[0..1]	Documentation Original Reference schema:error Definition For failed actions, more information on the cause of the failure. Consider using the Error type. Scope Domain: Action (https://schema.org/Action). Range: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). CDIF Definition Error description for failed activities Scope schema:error - description of any error or failure mode in the activity.
used	XsdAnyUri	[0..*]	Documentation Original Reference prov:used Definition A prov:Entity that was used by this prov:Activity. For example, :baking prov:used :spoon, :egg, :oven . Scope Domain: Activity (http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Activity). Range: Entity (http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Entity). CDIF Definition Entities the activity used. Per PROV-O each value denotes a prov:Entity. An item may be (1) a string URI or free-text reference, (2) an {@id} reference, (3) an inline entity object carrying an @type that includes prov:Entity plus a schema.org type for the kind of thing used, e.g. ["prov:Entity","schema:Thing"] (instrument), ["prov:Entity","schema:CreativeWork"] (method/protocol), or ["prov:Entity","schema:SoftwareApplication"] (software), or (4) a role-keyed wrapper naming what was used through one of the recognized "used" relations (schema:instrument, bios:computationalTool, prov:reagent). Base leaves the wrapped value loose; profiles/extensions (e.g. cdifProvActivity, adaProduct) pin its shape (Instrument, ComputationalTool, Reagent, ...). Scope prov:used - an entity (instrument, software, or protocol, by URI) that this activity used.

Associations

Role	Target	Multiplicity	Kind
uses	→ Instrument	[0..*]	association
agent	→ Person	[0..1]	association
agent	→ Organization	[0..1]	association
participant	→ Person	[0..*]	association
agent	→ AgentInRole	[0..*]	association
wasGeneratedBy	← Dataset	[0..*]	composition