- From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:21:55 -0700
- To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
On 6/14/17 12:25 AM, Svensson, Lars wrote: > Hi Ruben, > > On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 8:50 PM, Ruben Verborgh [mailto:Ruben.Verborgh@UGent.be] wrote: > >>> We are not talking about DCAP, nor specific profiles of DCAT - we are talking about >> the _definition of a profile used in DCAP >> >> Okay; but that wasn't apparent from the mail that started this thread, >> which asks for a "working definition of a profile", seemingly in general. >> >> In any case, this brings us to an important point: >> we should be very precise when talking about "profile" in this group :-) > > +1 > >> So is the question what we (as the DXWG group) will consider "a profile", >> or is this about something more specific? >> >>> The contents of DCAP itself are not particularly relevant here I think. >> >> They aren't; I was only talking about profiles in my previous mail, so if you wish: >> >> – DCAP profile ⊂ ProfileNegotiation profile >> – ODRL profile ⊂ ProfileNegotiation profile >> – DCAP profile ⊄ ODRL profile and ODRL profile ⊄ DCAP profile > > I find the DCAP definition quite good. The only thing I wouldn't use in a definition of "profile" is the last bullet point: > > * defines the machine syntax that will be used to encode the data (Syntax Guidelines and Data Formats) > > The machine syntax should IMHO not be part of the profile but defined in one or more schemas (i. e. implementations of the profile), e. g. a SHACL document or an XML schema. We then of course need a machine-understandable mechanism to link profiles to schemas. > I was hoping that there could be a human-simple syntax that could be translated to SHACL or ShEx or any other schema (e.g. Schematron). However, that might result in a very complex syntax in the profile, and another aspect of DCAP is that it documents (for humans) decisions and practices relating to the metadata. kc > Best, > > Lars > -- Karen Coyle kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 (Signal) skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
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