org.openprovenance.prov.model

Interface Agent

All Superinterfaces:

Element, HasLabel, HasLocation, HasOther, HasType, Identifiable, Statement, StatementOrBundle

public interface Agent
extends Identifiable, HasLabel, HasType, HasLocation, HasOther, Statement, Element

Interface for the PROV Agent complex type.

PROV-DM Definition for Agent: An agent is something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place, for the existence of an entity, or for another agent's activity.

Relevant Factory Methods:

• ProvFactory.newAgent(QualifiedName)
• ProvFactory.newAgent(QualifiedName, java.util.Collection)
• ObjectFactory.createAgent()

The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this type.

 <complexType name="Agent">
   <complexContent>
     <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
       <sequence>
         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}label" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}location" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}type" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
         <any namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
       </sequence>
       <attribute ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}id"/>
     </restriction>
   </complexContent>
 </complexType>
 

See Also:

PROV-DM Agent, PROV-O Agent, PROV-N Agent, PROV-XML Agent

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.StatementOrBundle

StatementOrBundle.Kind

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.HasType

getType

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.HasLabel

getLabel

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.HasLocation

getLocation

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.HasOther

getOther

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.Identifiable

getId, setId

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.StatementOrBundle

getKind