R6 Ballot (1st Draft)

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Definition for Code SystemW3cProvenanceActivityType

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="w3c-provenance-activity-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2023-12-18T15:12:07.602+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/w3c-provenance-activity-type</code>  defines the following codes:
      </p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Generation
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Generation"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasGeneratedBy</td> 
          <td> The completion of production of a new entity by an activity. This entity did not
             exist before generation and becomes available for usage after this generation.
             Given that a generation is the completion of production of an entity, it is instantaneous.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Usage
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Usage"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> used</td> 
          <td> 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.
              (Note: This definition is formulated for a given usage; it is permitted for an
             activity to have used a same entity multiple times.) Given that a usage is the
             beginning of utilizing an entity, it is instantaneous.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Communication
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Communication"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasInformedBy</td> 
          <td> The exchange of some unspecified entity by two activities, one activity using some
             entity generated by the other. A communication implies that activity a2 is dependent
             on another activity, a1, by way of some unspecified entity that is generated by
             a1 and used by a2.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Start
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Start"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasStartedBy</td> 
          <td> When an activity is deemed to have been started by an entity, known as trigger.
             The activity did not exist before its start. Any usage, generation, or invalidation
             involving an activity follows the activity's start. A start may refer to a trigger
             entity that set off the activity, or to an activity, known as starter, that generated
             the trigger. Given that a start is when an activity is deemed to have started,
             it is instantaneous.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">End
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-End"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasEndedBy</td> 
          <td> When an activity is deemed to have been ended by an entity, known as trigger. The
             activity no longer exists after its end. Any usage, generation, or invalidation
             involving an activity precedes the activity's end. An end may refer to a trigger
             entity that terminated the activity, or to an activity, known as ender that generated
             the trigger.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Invalidation
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Invalidation"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasInvalidatedBy</td> 
          <td> The start of the destruction, cessation, or expiry of an existing entity by an
             activity. The entity is no longer available for use (or further invalidation) after
             invalidation. Any generation or usage of an entity precedes its invalidation. Given
             that an invalidation is the start of destruction, cessation, or expiry, it is instantaneous.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Derivation
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Derivation"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasDerivedFrom</td> 
          <td> A transformation of an entity into another, an update of an entity resulting in
             a new one, or the construction of a new entity based on a pre-existing entity.
             For an entity to be transformed from, created from, or resulting from an update
             to another, there must be some underpinning activity or activities performing the
             necessary action(s) resulting in such a derivation. A derivation can be described
             at various levels of precision. In its simplest form, derivation relates two entities.
             Optionally, attributes can be added to represent further information about the
             derivation. If the derivation is the result of a single known activity, then this
             activity can also be optionally expressed. To provide a completely accurate description
             of the derivation, the generation and usage of the generated and used entities,
             respectively, can be provided, so as to make the derivation path, through usage,
             activity, and generation, explicit. Optional information such as activity, generation,
             and usage can be linked to derivations to aid analysis of provenance and to facilitate
             provenance-based reproducibility.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Revision
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Revision"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasRevisionOf</td> 
          <td> A derivation for which the resulting entity is a revised version of some original.
             The implication here is that the resulting entity contains substantial content
             from the original. A revision relation is a kind of derivation relation from a
             revised entity to a preceding entity.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Quotation
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Quotation"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasQuotedFrom</td> 
          <td> The repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or image, by someone who
             might or might not be its original author. A quotation relation is a kind of derivation
             relation, for which an entity was derived from a preceding entity by copying, or
             'quoting', some or all of it.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Primary-Source
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Primary-Source"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasPrimarySourceOf</td> 
          <td> Refers to something produced by some agent with direct experience and knowledge
             about the topic, at the time of the topic's study, without benefit from hindsight.
             Because of the directness of primary sources, they 'speak for themselves' in ways
             that cannot be captured through the filter of secondary sources. As such, it is
             important for secondary sources to reference those primary sources from which they
             were derived, so that their reliability can be investigated. It is also important
             to note that a given entity might be a primary source for one entity but not another.
             It is the reason why Primary Source is defined as a relation as opposed to a subtype
             of Entity.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Attribution
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Attribution"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> wasAttributedTo</td> 
          <td> Ascribing of an entity (object/document) to an agent.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Collection
            <a name="w3c-provenance-activity-type-Collection"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> isCollectionOf</td> 
          <td>  An aggregating activity that results in composition of an entity, which provides
             a structure to some constituents that must themselves be entities. These constituents
             are said to be member of the collections.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/w3c-provenance-activity-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1844"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot1"/> 
  <name value="W3cProvenanceActivityType"/> 
  <title value="W3c Provenance Activity Type"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <date value="2017-02-19"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg/index.cfm"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This value set includes W3C PROV Data Model Activity concepts, which are treated
   as codes in this valueset.  Some adaptations were made to make these concepts suitable
   values for the Provenance.activity element. Coded concepts are from PROV-DM and
   the display names are their counterparts in PROV-N (human readable notation syntax
   specification).[code system OID: http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-dm-20130430/
   and http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-n-20130430/]"/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Generation"/> 
    <display value="wasGeneratedBy"/> 
    <definition value="The completion of production of a new entity by an activity. This entity did not
     exist before generation and becomes available for usage after this generation.
     Given that a generation is the completion of production of an entity, it is instantaneous."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Usage"/> 
    <display value="used"/> 
    <definition value="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.
      (Note: This definition is formulated for a given usage; it is permitted for an
     activity to have used a same entity multiple times.) Given that a usage is the
     beginning of utilizing an entity, it is instantaneous."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Communication"/> 
    <display value="wasInformedBy"/> 
    <definition value="The exchange of some unspecified entity by two activities, one activity using some
     entity generated by the other. A communication implies that activity a2 is dependent
     on another activity, a1, by way of some unspecified entity that is generated by
     a1 and used by a2."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Start"/> 
    <display value="wasStartedBy"/> 
    <definition value="When an activity is deemed to have been started by an entity, known as trigger.
     The activity did not exist before its start. Any usage, generation, or invalidation
     involving an activity follows the activity's start. A start may refer to a trigger
     entity that set off the activity, or to an activity, known as starter, that generated
     the trigger. Given that a start is when an activity is deemed to have started,
     it is instantaneous."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="End"/> 
    <display value="wasEndedBy"/> 
    <definition value="When an activity is deemed to have been ended by an entity, known as trigger. The
     activity no longer exists after its end. Any usage, generation, or invalidation
     involving an activity precedes the activity's end. An end may refer to a trigger
     entity that terminated the activity, or to an activity, known as ender that generated
     the trigger."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Invalidation"/> 
    <display value="wasInvalidatedBy"/> 
    <definition value="The start of the destruction, cessation, or expiry of an existing entity by an
     activity. The entity is no longer available for use (or further invalidation) after
     invalidation. Any generation or usage of an entity precedes its invalidation. Given
     that an invalidation is the start of destruction, cessation, or expiry, it is instantaneous."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Derivation"/> 
    <display value="wasDerivedFrom"/> 
    <definition value="A transformation of an entity into another, an update of an entity resulting in
     a new one, or the construction of a new entity based on a pre-existing entity.
     For an entity to be transformed from, created from, or resulting from an update
     to another, there must be some underpinning activity or activities performing the
     necessary action(s) resulting in such a derivation. A derivation can be described
     at various levels of precision. In its simplest form, derivation relates two entities.
     Optionally, attributes can be added to represent further information about the
     derivation. If the derivation is the result of a single known activity, then this
     activity can also be optionally expressed. To provide a completely accurate description
     of the derivation, the generation and usage of the generated and used entities,
     respectively, can be provided, so as to make the derivation path, through usage,
     activity, and generation, explicit. Optional information such as activity, generation,
     and usage can be linked to derivations to aid analysis of provenance and to facilitate
     provenance-based reproducibility."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Revision"/> 
    <display value="wasRevisionOf"/> 
    <definition value="A derivation for which the resulting entity is a revised version of some original.
     The implication here is that the resulting entity contains substantial content
     from the original. A revision relation is a kind of derivation relation from a
     revised entity to a preceding entity."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Quotation"/> 
    <display value="wasQuotedFrom"/> 
    <definition value="The repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or image, by someone who
     might or might not be its original author. A quotation relation is a kind of derivation
     relation, for which an entity was derived from a preceding entity by copying, or
     'quoting', some or all of it."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Primary-Source"/> 
    <display value="wasPrimarySourceOf"/> 
    <definition value="Refers to something produced by some agent with direct experience and knowledge
     about the topic, at the time of the topic's study, without benefit from hindsight.
     Because of the directness of primary sources, they 'speak for themselves' in ways
     that cannot be captured through the filter of secondary sources. As such, it is
     important for secondary sources to reference those primary sources from which they
     were derived, so that their reliability can be investigated. It is also important
     to note that a given entity might be a primary source for one entity but not another.
     It is the reason why Primary Source is defined as a relation as opposed to a subtype
     of Entity."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Attribution"/> 
    <display value="wasAttributedTo"/> 
    <definition value="Ascribing of an entity (object/document) to an agent."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Collection"/> 
    <display value="isCollectionOf"/> 
    <definition value=" An aggregating activity that results in composition of an entity, which provides
     a structure to some constituents that must themselves be entities. These constituents
     are said to be member of the collections."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.