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DCAT subgroup call

07 July 2021

Attendees

Present
AndreaPerego, DaveBrowning, riccardoAlbertoni
Regrets
-
Chair
RiccardoAlbertoni
Scribe
AndreaPerego

Meeting minutes

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<riccardoAlbertoni> PROPOSED: approve last meeting minutes https://www.w3.org/2021/06/23-dxwgdcat-minutes

Approve last meeting minutes

+1

<DaveBrowning> +1

<riccardoAlbertoni> +1

Resolution: approve last meeting minutes https://www.w3.org/2021/06/23-dxwgdcat-minutes

<riccardoAlbertoni> https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/wiki/Meetings:Telecon2021.07.07

Approve agenda

riccardoAlbertoni: Any change?

all: [silence]

Cataloged DCAT TTL - The label for the class dcat:Resource Issue #1388 https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/1388

riccardoAlbertoni: It's about the rdfs:label value for dcat:Resource.
… The label does not match the fact that its subclasses may not be in a catalogue.
… She proposes to remove "cataloged" from the label.

AndreaPerego: The current usage note says "The class of all cataloged resources".
… So, for me it's fine to remove "cataloged" from the label, but we may need to rephrase the usage note - e.g., "The class of all resources that MAY be documented in a catalogue."

riccardoAlbertoni: Yes, but if we change the usage note we need to change also the other parts of the document.
… After all, when we refer to "resource" throughout the document, we mean a resource in a catalogue.

DaveBrowning: I think we need to be careful about dropping "cataloged" from the label.
… The point is that dcat:Resource is meant to be an abstract class, and nobody should directly use it - they should define subclasses instead.
… Making it less linked to a catalogue may lead to misunderstandings and inconsistent use.

AndreaPerego: I think this is a very good point, and I don't have a proposal to address the issue.

riccardoAlbertoni: So, the issue is to avoid that the name and definition of dcat:Resource is not putting a constraint on its subclasses preventing their use outside a catalogue.

riccardoAlbertoni: Maybe we could explicitly state that dcat:Dataset and dcat:DataService can also be used outside a catalogue, irrespective of what is said for dcat:Resource.

AndreaPerego: Maybe we can keep "cataloged" in the label, and relax the usage note as I said earlier. Noting also that the definition of dcat:Resource is not mentioning at all "catalogues".

riccardoAlbertoni: Probably we can say that dcat:Resource SHOULD be in the catalogue.

DaveBrowning: It may work.

AndreaPerego: Agree.

proposed: We revise the usage note of dcat:Resource saying that is SHOULD be in a catalogue, and keep "catalogued" in the label

<riccardoAlbertoni> +1

+1

<DaveBrowning> +1

Resolution: We revise the usage note of dcat:Resource saying that is SHOULD be in a catalogue, and keep "catalogued" in the label

Action: riccardoAlbertoni to prepare a pull request to change usage note of dcat:Resource to say that it should be in a catalogue.

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Next meetings

proposed: We are taking a break, and the next meeting will be Set, 1st

<riccardoAlbertoni> +1

+1

<DaveBrowning> +1

Resolution: We are taking a break, and the next meeting will be on Sept, 1st

[meeting adjourned]

Summary of action items

  1. riccardoAlbertoni to prepare a pull request to change usage note of dcat:Resource to say that it should be in a catalogue.

Summary of resolutions

  1. approve last meeting minutes https://www.w3.org/2021/06/23-dxwgdcat-minutes
  2. We revise the usage note of dcat:Resource saying that is SHOULD be in a catalogue, and keep "catalogued" in the label
  3. We are taking a break, and the next meeting will be on Sept, 1st
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