[dxwg] dcterms:language property in dcat:Distribution (#1532)

marielleadam has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/dxwg:

== dcterms:language property in dcat:Distribution ==
In Belgium, we are often working with resources in different languages since we have 3 official languages. It can therefore happen that distributions are published in 3 or 4 languages at federal level, as our publications are intended for all publics. 

In paragraph 6.4.9 Property language, under Class: Cataloged Resource, usage note gives the following instruction:
_If representations of a dataset are available for each language separately, define an instance of dcat:Distribution for each language and describe the specific language of each distribution using dcterms:language (i.e., the dataset will have multiple dcterms:language values and each distribution will have just one as the value of its dcterms:language property)._
Nevertheless, in the vocabulary specification for Class: Distribution, the property language is not listed as specific to this class. 
Is it confirmed that we can use dcterms:language property for each distribution of a dataset available in different languages? 
How to deal with distributions that are the same for different languages? Can we use more than one dcterms:language property for a distribution?



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