Recording a vf:Transfer vs vf:Transportation
once again I want to emphasise that we should treat vf:Transfer differently from vf:Process!
I want to dig into this some more. (Sorry!) I have been bothered by where this line is drawn, but haven't been able to put my finger on it. Now it is starting to sort itself out in my mind. :)
How about this way of looking at it? There is a distinction between Transportation of a resource where it changes Location, and Recording of a Transfer. It doesn't seem right to me that the recording of a decrease in one virtual account and an increase in another virtual account, to take an example with very little material change, is Transportation or is a change of Location of a resource.
Taking it one step out, a bank transfer is like this except the decrease and increase of different accounts probably occur on different servers controlled by different banks. But still, I don't think this is Transportation. Where the servers or banks are located is irrelevant. It is recording a Transfer, which does not need any data or vocabulary other than what we already have in the Transfer itself.
There are other examples that may involve more work or more electrons, like say printing and signing a lease agreement, where I still think this is not useful as a Process. It is recording a Transfer. In that case, the landlord may have a process there and want to record his work leasing property, including printing off lease agreements. But that is not the same as the actual recording of the transfer, which just marks that the Transfer has occurred.
Sometimes there actually is both Transportation and a Transfer, I think when moving more material goods in addition to transferring rights to them.
Does this direction make sense to anyone?