org.openprovenance.prov.model

Interface MentionOf

All Superinterfaces:

Relation, Statement, StatementOrBundle

public interface MentionOf
extends Relation

Interface for PROV MentionOf association.

PROV-Links Definition for Mention: The mention of an entity in a bundle (containing a description of this entity) is another entity that is a specialization of the former and that presents at least the bundle as a further additional aspect.

Relevant Factory Methods:

• ProvFactory.newMentionOf(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName)
• ObjectFactory.createMentionOf()

Schema Definition:

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

 <complexType name="Mention">
   <complexContent>
     <extension base="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}AStatement">
       <sequence>
         <element name="specificEntity" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
         <element name="generalEntity" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
         <element name="bundle" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
       </sequence>
     </extension>
   </complexContent>
 </complexType>
 

Author:

lavm

See Also:

PROV Data Model Mention, PROV DM Specialization, PROV-O mentionOf, PROV-N Mention, PROV-XML Mention

Nested Class Summary

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

StatementOrBundle.Kind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
QualifiedName	getBundle() Get an identifier of a bundle that contains a description of "general entity" and further constitutes one additional aspect presented by "specific entity".
QualifiedName	getGeneralEntity() Get an identifier for an entity that is described in the bundle.
QualifiedName	getSpecificEntity() Get an identifier of the entity that is a mention of the general entity.
void	setBundle(QualifiedName bundle) Set a bundle's identifier
void	setGeneralEntity(QualifiedName supra) Set the general entity's identifier
void	setSpecificEntity(QualifiedName infra) Se the specific entity's identifier

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

getKind

Method Detail

getBundle

QualifiedName getBundle()

Get an identifier of a bundle that contains a description of "general entity" and further constitutes one additional aspect presented by "specific entity".

Returns:

a bundle's QualifiedName

See Also:

mention bundle

getGeneralEntity

QualifiedName getGeneralEntity()

Get an identifier for an entity that is described in the bundle.

Returns:

an entity's QualifiedName

See Also:

mention generalEntity

getSpecificEntity

QualifiedName getSpecificEntity()

Get an identifier of the entity that is a mention of the general entity.

Returns:

an entity's QualifiedName

See Also:

mention specificEntity

setBundle

void setBundle(QualifiedName bundle)

Set a bundle's identifier

Parameters:

bundle - a QualifiedName of a bundle

See Also:

mention bundle

setGeneralEntity

void setGeneralEntity(QualifiedName supra)

Set the general entity's identifier

Parameters:

supra - an entity's QualifiedName

See Also:

mention generalEntity

setSpecificEntity

void setSpecificEntity(QualifiedName infra)

Se the specific entity's identifier

Parameters:

infra - an entity's QualifiedName

See Also:

mention specificEntity