ISSUE-27: URIs for file formats

format

URIs for file formats

State:

CLOSED

Product:

DCAT

Raised by:

Phil Archer

Opened on:

2012-02-09

Description:

DCAT uses dcterms:format thus:

:distribution dcterms:format [
a dcterms:IMT;
rdf:value "text/csv";
rdfs:label "CSV"
]

Is this the best we can do? There are alternatives:

1. Ed Summers' work on providing URIs for MIME types [1] could potentially be moved in to W3C space by this WG.

2. Ivan Herman's work on providing file types [2] could be extended ad hoc to provide a stable set of URIs for file formats that includes MIME type as one property but allows for unambiguous naming of multiple formats with a single MIME type

3. Stick with what we have.

Of these, 3 is the path of least resistance, 2 is my preferred option. This is because, as Ivan points out, the MIME type doesn't always tell you everything you need to know. It's not that big a task and we could create a few key ones fairly quickly.

[1] http://mediatypes.appspot.com/
[2] http://www.w3.org/ns/formats/

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Related emails:

1. Re: ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT] (from dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com on 2012-02-10)
2. Re: ISSUE-12 (valuesForDataFormat): What values to use to describe formats of dcat:Distribution? [DCAT] (from sarven.capadisli@deri.org on 2012-02-09)
3. Re: ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT] (from phila@w3.org on 2012-02-09)
4. Re: ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT] (from dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com on 2012-02-09)
5. Re: ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT] (from phila@w3.org on 2012-02-09)
6. Re: ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT] (from sarven.capadisli@deri.org on 2012-02-09)
7. ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-02-09)

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