Usage

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

Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity. Before usage, the activity had not begun to utilize this entity and could not have been affected by the entity.

An instance of prov:Usage provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:used relation from some prov:Activity to an prov:Entity that it used. For example, :keynote prov:used :podium; prov:qualifiedUsage [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :podium; :foo :bar ].

Properties
Category
qualified
Component
entities-activities
Relationships
Asserted object-property edges to other entities. Logical class axioms such as owl:disjointWith are shown separately below.
isDefinedBy
unqualifiedForm used
Property Structure
1 · Object and Data Properties rdfs:domain on this class or ancestor
PropertyRangeDescription
entity inherited Entity
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 qualifiedUsage If this Activity prov:used Entity :e, then it can qualify how it used it using prov:qualifiedUsage [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :e; :foo :bar ].
Derivation hadUsage The _optional_ Usage involved in an Entity's Derivation.
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:Usage a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Usage" ; rdfs:comment "An instance of prov:Usage provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:used relation from some prov:Activity to an prov:Entity that it used. For example, :keynote prov:used :podium; prov:qualifiedUsage [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :podium; :foo :bar ]." ; rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov-o#> ; rdfs:subClassOf prov:EntityInfluence, prov:InstantaneousEvent ; skos:definition "An instance of prov:Usage provides additional descriptions about the binary prov:used relation from some prov:Activity to an prov:Entity that it used. For example, :keynote prov:used :podium; prov:qualifiedUsage [ a prov:Usage; prov:entity :podium; :foo :bar ]." ; prov:category "qualified" ; prov:component "entities-activities" ; prov:constraints "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-constraints-20130430/#prov-dm-constraints-fig"^^xsd:anyURI ; prov:definition "Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity. Before usage, the activity had not begun to utilize this entity and could not have been affected by the entity."@en ; prov:dm "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-dm-20130430/#term-Usage"^^xsd:anyURI ; prov:n "http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-n-20130430/#expression-Usage"^^xsd:anyURI ; prov:unqualifiedForm prov:used .
Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Last Updated
2026-07-03 09:16