Re: [dxwg] Make dcat:Dataset a subclass of prov:Entity

+1 to Antoine. 

@antoine
>  there's no crucial adverse consequence indeed

Not sure, maybe the adversities are not so crucial, but  the tons of inferred 
prov:Entity added to dcat:Dataset instances without no actual PROV properties are in my opinion a quite annoying risk coming from the prov:Entity subclassing.

@dr-shorthair
> I do see a benefit of adding the prov:Entity relationship now because it would tell users 'if you do want to record complex provenance metadata, then use PROV, rather than inventing something new'.

I see your goal,  but I  am not sure the subclassing is an effective solution to meet it:  probably a consumer who recognizes what a prov:Entity is,  already knows PROV. 

I suspect that explicitly stating in the DCAT document 
> if you do want to record complex provenance metadata, then use PROV, rather than inventing something new

is still our best option to meet the goal, at least at this stage of the discussion. 

Perhaps we want to return to this specific issues after that we have solved  #128 ...    



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