- From: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:04:40 +0100
- To: Makx Dekkers <makx@makxdekkers.com>
- CC: Public GLD WG <public-gld-wg@w3.org>
Hi Makx, Firstly an apology that your name has been so comprehensively misspelt - but then it is foreign ;-) Yesterday's GLD WG meeting focussed on DCAT, the next draft of which is due to be released soon [1], possibly at Last Call. An issue that I know is one you care about came up yesterday and my action item was to seek your input. The range of dcterms:language is clearly stated as dcterms:LinguisticSystem - a class. However... its use is far from consistent as a quick query shows [2]. The proposal put to the WG is that when used with DCAT, the value of dcterms:language should be a string, datatyped using xml:lang, e.g. "en"^^xml:lang That's a datatyped string, not a class. That's data, not an object. That's inconsistent. We know. But... given the widespread misuse of dcterms:language, the group wondered whether this was as serious or minor crime. Can you recall the discussion around the range of dcterms:language? Was there any ambiguity about the intent? Arguments for it having a range of literal? Any insights you can offer via this public list or privately via me if you prefer, would be gratefully received. Thank you. Phil. [1] http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gld/raw-file/default/dcat/index.html [2] http://kwz.me/ST -- Phil Archer W3C eGovernment http://www.w3.org/egov/ http://philarcher.org +44 (0)7887 767755 @philarcher1
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