Association

Class
http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Association
Class Hierarchy
Definition

An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for an activity, indicating that the agent had a role in the activity. It further allows for a plan to be specified, which is the plan intended by the agent to achieve some goals in the context of this activity.

An instance of prov:Association provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasAssociatedWith relation from an prov:Activity to some prov:Agent that had some responsiblity for it. For example, :baking prov:wasAssociatedWith :baker; prov:qualifiedAssociation [ a prov:Association; prov:agent :baker; :foo :bar ].

Properties
Category
qualified
Component
agents-responsibility
Relationships
Asserted object-property edges to other entities. Logical class axioms such as owl:disjointWith are shown separately below.
isDefinedBy
unqualifiedForm wasAssociatedWith
Property Structure
1 · Object and Data Properties rdfs:domain on this class or ancestor
PropertyRangeDescription
hadPlan Plan The _optional_ Plan adopted by an Agent in Association with some Activity. Plan specifications are out of the scope of this specification.
hadRole Role The _optional_ Role that an Entity assumed in the context of an Activity. For example, :baking prov:used :spoon; prov:qualified [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :spoon; prov:hadRole roles:mixing_implement ].
agent inherited Agent
influencer inherited Thing Subproperties of prov:influencer are used to cite the object of an unqualified PROV-O triple whose predicate is a subproperty of prov:wasInfluencedBy (e.g. prov:used, prov:wasGeneratedBy). prov:influencer is used much like rdf:object is used.
2 · Referenced By rdfs:range on this class or ancestor
FromPropertyDescription
Activity qualifiedAssociation If this Activity prov:wasAssociatedWith Agent :ag, then it can qualify the Association using prov:qualifiedAssociation [ a prov:Association; prov:agent :ag; :foo :bar ].
Activity qualifiedInfluence inherited Because prov:qualifiedInfluence is a broad relation, the more specific relations (qualifiedCommunication, qualifiedDelegation, qualifiedEnd, etc.) should be used when applicable.
Agent qualifiedInfluence inherited Because prov:qualifiedInfluence is a broad relation, the more specific relations (qualifiedCommunication, qualifiedDelegation, qualifiedEnd, etc.) should be used when applicable.
Entity qualifiedInfluence inherited Because prov:qualifiedInfluence is a broad relation, the more specific relations (qualifiedCommunication, qualifiedDelegation, qualifiedEnd, etc.) should be used when applicable.
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . prov:Association a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Association" ; rdfs:comment "An instance of prov:Association provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasAssociatedWith relation from an prov:Activity to some prov:Agent that had some responsiblity for it. For example, :baking prov:wasAssociatedWith :baker; prov:qualifiedAssociation [ a prov:Association; prov:agent :baker; :foo :bar ]." ; rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov-o#> ; rdfs:subClassOf prov:AgentInfluence ; skos:definition "An instance of prov:Association provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:wasAssociatedWith relation from an prov:Activity to some prov:Agent that had some responsiblity for it. For example, :baking prov:wasAssociatedWith :baker; prov:qualifiedAssociation [ a prov:Association; prov:agent :baker; :foo :bar ]." ; prov:category "qualified" ; prov:component "agents-responsibility" ; prov:definition "An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for an activity, indicating that the agent had a role in the activity. It further allows for a plan to be specified, which is the plan intended by the agent to achieve some goals in the context of this activity."@en ; prov:dm "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-dm-20130430/#term-Association"^^xsd:anyURI ; prov:n "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-n-20130430/#expression-Association"^^xsd:anyURI ; prov:unqualifiedForm prov:wasAssociatedWith .
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Last Updated
2026-07-03 09:16