org.openprovenance.prov.model

Interface ActedOnBehalfOf

All Superinterfaces:

HasLabel, HasOther, HasType, Identifiable, Influence, QualifiedRelation, Relation, Statement, StatementOrBundle

public interface ActedOnBehalfOf
extends Identifiable, HasLabel, HasType, HasOther, Influence

Interface for the PROV Delegation association.

PROV-DM Definition for Delegation: Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by itself or by another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent it acts on behalf of retains some responsibility for the outcome of the delegated work.

Relevant Factory Methods:

• ProvFactory.newActedOnBehalfOf(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName)
• ProvFactory.newActedOnBehalfOf(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName, java.util.Collection)
• ObjectFactory.createActedOnBehalfOf()

Schema Definition:

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

 <complexType name="Delegation">
   <complexContent>
     <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
       <sequence>
         <element name="delegate" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
         <element name="responsible" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
         <element name="activity" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}label" 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>
 

Author:

lavm

See Also:

PROV-DM Delegation, PROV-O Delegation, PROV-N Delegation, PROV-XML Delegation, PROV-JSON Delegation

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	getActivity() Get the activity identifier.
QualifiedName	getDelegate() Get the delegate identifier.
QualifiedName	getResponsible() Get the responsible identifier.
void	setActivity(QualifiedName activity) Set the activity identifier.
void	setDelegate(QualifiedName delegate) Set the delegate identifier.
void	setResponsible(QualifiedName responsible) Set the responsible identifier

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

getId, setId

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

getLabel

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

getType

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

getOther

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

getKind

Method Detail

getActivity

QualifiedName getActivity()

Get the activity identifier. This is the activity for which the delegation link holds.

Returns:

the activity QualifiedName

See Also:

delegation activity

getDelegate

QualifiedName getDelegate()

Get the delegate identifier. The delegate is the agent associated with an activity, acting on behalf of the responsible agent.

Returns:

a QualifiedName

See Also:

delegation delegate

getResponsible

QualifiedName getResponsible()

Get the responsible identifier. The responsible is the agent, on behalf of which the delegate agent acted.

Returns:

a QualifiedName

See Also:

delegation responsible

setActivity

void setActivity(QualifiedName activity)

Set the activity identifier.

Parameters:

activity - QualifiedName of the activity

See Also:

delegation activity

setDelegate

void setDelegate(QualifiedName delegate)

Set the delegate identifier.

Parameters:

delegate - QualifiedName of the delegate agent.

See Also:

delegation delegate

setResponsible

void setResponsible(QualifiedName responsible)

Set the responsible identifier

Parameters:

responsible - QualifiedName of the responsible agent.

See Also:

delegation responsible