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Spatial Data on the Web Working Group Teleconference

09 Nov 2016

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Attendees

Present
eparsons, ClemensPortele, ByronCinNZ, jtandy, Linda, AndreaPerego, ClausStadler, ChrisLittle, BartvanLeeuwen
Regrets
mattperry, ScottSimmons
Chair
jtandy
Scribe
ClemensPortele

Contents


<eparsons> usual one plus BP

<jtandy> sdwbp

<ClausStadler> still launching windows vm - sec :)

<scribe> scribe: ClemensPortele

<scribe> scribenick: ClemensPortele

approve last minutes

<jtandy> https://www.w3.org/2016/10/26-sdwbp-minutes

<jtandy> +0

<Linda> +1

<ByronCinNZ> +0 not there

<eparsons> +0 also

+0 (not there)

<ClausStadler> +0

patent call

<eparsons> https://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/wiki/Patent_Call

Review proposed changes: edits to BP 11 and BP title changes in response to feedback from INSPIRE workshop

Linda: reviewed BP titles to check if the titles could be improved by clarifying that they are about spatial data
... changed some of the titles (does not have the full list ready, but it was one pull request)
... should we review offline or discuss now?

jtandy: Fine with offline review

<AndreaPerego> PR: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pull/412

<AndreaPerego> PR: https://github.com/w3c/sdw/pull/413

Linda: Also did some changes to BP11 based on feedback from the workshop

<AndreaPerego> BP11: http://w3c.github.io/sdw/bp/#convenience-apis

Linda: BP11 seemed the right place to clarify how to build on top of / migrate from an existing SDI

eparsons: Should not be a separate BP, but we need to provide text that point to the relevant pieces

jtandy: Another BP was the URI per resource BP

Linda: So we need a section?

eparsons: Yes, a section for that particular target audience seem most appropriate

Linda: Perhaps use section 9

<jtandy> http://w3c.github.io/sdw/bp/#why-are-traditional-sdi-not-enough

jtandy: Agrees, maybe also something in section 10

<jtandy> ACTION: Linda to add to section 9 about which Best Practices are relevant for those coming from the SDI community [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/11/09-sdwbp-minutes.html#action01]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-217 - Add to section 9 about which best practices are relevant for those coming from the sdi community [on Linda van den Brink - due 2016-11-16].

ClemensPortele: Maybe also add backlinks from the BP

<jtandy> "1. Reuse your existing spatial data infrastructure"

<jtandy> of BP 11

jtandy: Should we keep the Z39.50 reference?

Linda: I added text about the Geonovum testbed

jtandy: We could add Bart's example, too

Linda: Figure 1 is already from it
... Added a placeholder for another example

<jtandy> ACTION: linda to talk to Bart about getting more detailed content about his Linked Data / WFS approach for inclusion in BP 11 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/11/09-sdwbp-minutes.html#action02]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-218 - Talk to bart about getting more detailed content about his linked data / wfs approach for inclusion in bp 11 [on Linda van den Brink - due 2016-11-16].

Concluding discussions about BP7 and "indirect identifiers" (what did we agree at TPAC?)

jtandy: two long discussions at TPAC about BPs (BP7 and spatial indexing)
... looking at BP7 how to include the result of the discussion
... there was a discussion about http vs https (ssn namespace). Did we agree to separate the namespace from the protocol?

eparsons: I think so. We can use http and assume that http/https will resolve to the same resource

<AndreaPerego> +1

eparsons: for other protocals beside http/https this could be different

jtandy: so probably this is not a big issue

<jtandy> https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/#identifiersWithinDatasets

jtandy: so what is BP7 saying that is not already covered by BP10?
... ... (BP10 from DWBP)

eparsons: they are very similar. The important thing is highlighting to publish resources at a more granular level.

jtandy: Some of this is discussed in section 9 and in BP. Are we getting the message across?

eparsons: I think so. And I think there is value in having a separate BP7

ByronCinNZ: the SDWBP should provide guidance how to apply the DWBP for spatial data

<ChrisLittle> * apologies for late arrival - terrier mode ticking off tasks

AndreaPerego: agrees with ByronCinNZ. This is an important BP and not current practice, so it is better to keep it

<ChrisLittle> Help

AndreaPerego: current practice is to use local identifiers, but hard to reference from the outside

jtandy: so we want to keep BP7. Another aspect to discuss is the reuse of identifiers ("to keep the global graph intact").
... But to be able to add additional information and make it retrievable it requires a new identifier with a sameAs-like link to the "known identifier"
... "samePlaceAs"?

eparsons: samePlaceAs sounds restrictive

jtandy: agrees, we want to avoid the strong nature of sameAs

ByronCinNZ: likes the idea, very geographic statement. In which ontology would this reside?

ClemensPortele: I think we said it would be an IANA link relation identifier

jtandy: As it does not exist yet, we cannot claim it is a "best practice"

eparsons: I think this problem will be hard to avoid, but it could be described as a way to address the issue

ChrisLittle: worried about "samePlaceAs". How does it fit with the algebra of polygons?

jtandy: we don't want to be too specific
... ... at TPAC we had a discussion about the well-defined topological relationships

eparsons: to get something done quickly we should try to keep it simple
... ... relationships could be tackled later

jtandy: so we agree that samePlaceAs is not intended as a mathematical statement

<ClausStadler_> https://files.ifi.uzh.ch/ddis/iswc_archive/iswc/pps/web/iswc2010.semanticweb.org/pdf/261.pdf

<ClausStadler_> "so:matches Two URIs refer to possibly distinct things that share all the prop- erties needed to substitute for each other in some graphs. Th is property is symmetric but not necessarily reflexive. so:matches is a super-property of so:identical ."

ByronCinNZ: agrees, and this is probably the most important of the topological relationships

ClausStadler_: Explains the paper and "so:matches" reference (see above)

jtandy: yes, there is overlap. we want to focus on the spatial match.

ClausStadler_: could be a sub-property

jtandy: worried on nesting, maybe it makes it overcomplicated

I agree with the concern

<eparsons> +1

eparsons: worried about complication, too

<AndreaPerego> +1

ByronCinNZ: should be a top-level relationship

Planning for next F2F meeting

eparsons: Meeting on Dec 15-16 in London
... need to decide on rough agenda, but also coverage
... please add to the wiki if you plan to attend

jtandy: any limit of numbers?

eparsons: 16, probably not an issue

Your BP editors need you! (can you lead the development of a section of the BP document?)

jtandy: if you want to add anything to the agenda, please add it to the agenda (that eparsons is creating right now)
... the editors have only limited availability and would like to find contributors that want to own sections

<AndreaPerego> I'll have a closer look, and let you know if I can volunteer.

jtandy: please think about it and get back to jtandy/Linda

<BartvanLeeuwen> bye

<AndreaPerego> Thanks, and bye!

bye!

<jtandy> bye

<ChrisLittle> Bye

<ByronCinNZ> byer

<ByronCinNZ> bye

Summary of Action Items

[NEW] ACTION: Linda to add to section 9 about which Best Practices are relevant for those coming from the SDI community [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/11/09-sdwbp-minutes.html#action01]
[NEW] ACTION: linda to talk to Bart about getting more detailed content about his Linked Data / WFS approach for inclusion in BP 11 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/11/09-sdwbp-minutes.html#action02]
 

Summary of Resolutions

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Present: eparsons ClemensPortele ByronCinNZ jtandy Linda AndreaPerego ClausStadler ChrisLittle BartvanLeeuwen
Regrets: mattperry ScottSimmons
Found Date: 09 Nov 2016
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