Module prov.model

Package org.openprovenance.prov.model

Interface WasAttributedTo

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

WasAttributedTo

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

Interface for the PROV Attribution association.

PROV-DM Definition for Attribution: Attribution is the ascribing of an entity to an agent.

Relevant Factory Methods:

• ProvFactory.newWasAttributedTo(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName)
• ModelConstructor.newWasAttributedTo(QualifiedName, QualifiedName, QualifiedName, java.util.Collection)

Schema Definition:

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

 <complexType name="Attribution">
   <complexContent>
     <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
       <sequence>
         <element name="entity" type="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}IDRef"/>
         <element name="agent" 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 Attribution
• PROV-O Attribution
• PROV-N Attribution
• PROV-XML Attribution
• PROV-JSON Attribution

Nested Class Summary

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

StatementOrBundle.Kind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
QualifiedName	getAgent()	Get the identifier of the agent whom the entity is ascribed to, and therefore bears some responsibility for its existence
QualifiedName	getEntity()	Gets the entity identifier.
void	setAgent(QualifiedName agent)	Set the identifier of the agent whom the entity is ascribed to.
void	setEntity(QualifiedName entity)	Set the entity identifier.

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

getLabel

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

getOther

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

getType

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

getId, setId

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

getKind

Method Details

setEntity

void setEntity(QualifiedName entity)

Set the entity identifier.

Parameters:

entity - QualifiedName of the entity

setAgent

void setAgent(QualifiedName agent)

Set the identifier of the agent whom the entity is ascribed to.

Parameters:

agent - QualifiedName of the agent

getEntity

QualifiedName getEntity()

Gets the entity identifier.

Returns:

QualifiedName of the entity

getAgent

QualifiedName getAgent()

Get the identifier of the agent whom the entity is ascribed to, and therefore bears some responsibility for its existence

Returns:

QualifiedName of the agent.