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Use Cases & Requirements from DXWG available for review and comment
The first version the Use Cases and Requirements from the Dataset Exchange Working Group is now available for review and comment at https://www.w3.org/TR/dcat-ucr/. Comments can be sent to public-dxwg-comments@w3.org.
DISCUSSIONCreated: 12/12/2017Updated Date: 12/12/2017
dcat:contactPoint of Type vcard:Kind ?
The description of dcat:contactPoint reads as: This property contains contact information that can be used for sending comments about the Dataset. However, when performing a lookup of vcard:Kind, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350#page-25 it is an enumeration of values like "individual", "group",…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 22/07/2016Updated Date: 22/07/2016
Contradiction regarding dct:spatial and dct:Location
DCAT 1.1 has these usage notes for dct:spatial: The MDR Name Authority Lists must be used for continents, countries and places that are in those lists; if a particular location is not in one of the mentioned Named Authority Lists, Geonames URIs must be used. An these are the DCAT 1.1 usage notes for…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 19/06/2016Updated Date: 19/06/2016
Question on the usage of MimeType and MediaType for "zipped/container" distributions
In the current German OGD 2.0 standardisation phase https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/discussion/format we have to be interoperable with existing CKAN installations and with DCAT-AP. Currently I cannot find official information about how to encode a ZIP distribution with DCAT-AP. Strictly following…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 17/06/2016Updated Date: 17/06/2016
DT4: Software and tools
Based on the discussion during the DCAT-AP workshop in Rome (13/05/2016), we extracted the following key points: Transformation tools for mapping: There should be a transformation tool for mapping INSPIRE to DCAT-AP. A tool for serving the need of the public administrations has been developed by…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 06/06/2016Updated Date: 06/06/2016
DT3: Data licensing
Based on the discussion during the DCAT-AP workshop in Rome (13/05/2016), we extracted the following key points: The current licence type vocabulary (http://purl.org/adms/licencetype/1.0) was established in agreement between W3C and the Commission’s legal services. However, this list was not based…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 06/06/2016Updated Date: 06/06/2016
DT2: Service-based data access
Based on the discussion during the DCAT-AP workshop in Rome (13/05/2016), we extracted the following key points: In this discussion table, participants discussed the current limitations of DCAT-AP with regards to creating descriptions of datasets that are available via service endpoints, and…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 06/06/2016Updated Date: 06/06/2016
DT1: Expressing relationships between datasets
Based on the discussion during the DCAT-AP workshop in Rome (13/05/2016), we extracted the following key points: The participants discussed the different approaches for expressing relationships between datasets as proposed by the guideline on Joinup. Some participants expressed their concern that…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 06/06/2016Updated Date: 06/06/2016
mandatory accessURL vs download URL
I want to incorporate DCAT-AP in our own standard for dataset metadata. While the DCAT-AP specification does provide some reasonable requirements, I do have an issue with accessURL and downloadURL. In our domain downloadURL points out files which can be downloaded directly, without having to follow…
DISCUSSIONCreated: 06/02/2016Updated Date: 06/02/2016
Missing in UML diagram: Distribution:Checksum not shown
Whereas other optional classes are shown in the UML Diagram for distribution the class "Checksum" (added between 1.01 and 1.1) is not shown in the diagram Component Documentation Category improvement
DISCUSSIONCreated: 15/11/2015Updated Date: 15/11/2015
dcat:mediaType twice in dcat:distribution
Obviously a bug in the diagramme (both in PDF-UML Diagramm and in Word-Diagramm) in Version 1.1 and in former Version 1.01 The element dcat:mediaType occurs as an element in dcat:distribution AND as an directed association to dct:MediaTypeOrExtent Component Documentation Category bug
DISCUSSIONCreated: 15/11/2015Updated Date: 15/11/2015
Doc, pdf and Model not in sync: Period still wrong order
There still is start following end in the element period in the diagrams of the doc-file and in the pdf DCAT-AP_Final_v1.01.pdf Component Code Category improvement
DISCUSSIONCreated: 12/11/2015Updated Date: 12/11/2015