Prov-WD: "multiplicity" attributes in Usage/GenerationDescription unclear
Ole Streicher
ole at aip.de
Fri Jun 28 11:17:37 CEST 2019
Hi all,
the attributes "multiplicity" in UsageDescription and
GenerationDescription are of data type "string", but the description is
irritating (tables 13+14, pg.24):
"Number of expected input entities to be used with the given role. A *
indicates that the number of input entities can be more than 1."
A "number" is not a "string" (may be a "...converted to a decimal
string" or so is missing?). Also * is not a number, so the second
sentence contradicts the first. It is also unclear whether * includes 0
or not.
Finally, it is unclear how one encodes f.e. "at least 3 input files"
(which we have f.e. as a multiplicity rule in MUSE).
Best regards
Ole
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