Re: [dxwg] Relax global domain axioms on many dcat properties

I also agree with Makx' proposal to drop domain axioms as much as possible. There are currently 12 non-deprecated properties in [DCAT](https://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#) with a domain restriction (see below). Dropping the domain restrictions will make these properties more broadly reusable; although it may be difficult to think of specific use cases for them in advance. 
Regarding the implications in terms of reasoning, dropping domain axioms would no longer make it possible to [infer class membership](https://www.w3.org/TR/owl2-primer/#Domain_and_Range_Restrictions) from the use of the property. I think most users of dcat would expect this to be stated explicitly in the metadata.

```
dcat:dataset rdfs:domain dcat:Catalog. 
dcat:record rdfs:domain dcat:Catalog. 
dcat:themeTaxonomy rdfs:domain dcat:Catalog.
dcat:contactPoint rdfs:domain dcat:Dataset. #see also #95 
dcat:distribution rdfs:domain dcat:Dataset. 
dcat:keyword rdfs:domain dcat:Dataset.
dcat:landingPage rdfs:domain dcat:Dataset.
dcat:theme rdfs:domain dcat:Dataset.
dcat:accessURL rdfs:domain dcat:Distribution.
dcat:byteSize rdfs:domain dcat:Distribution.
dcat:downloadURL rdfs:domain dcat:Distribution.
dcat:mediaType rdfs:domain dcat:Distribution.
```


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