RE: DCAT comments

Dear all,

I am trying to get my head around some of the proposed changes to DCAT
in response to comments made on the second call working draft.

Some changes proposed are minor editorial changes, but I also see some
changes that are bigger (changing properties and introducing additional
modelling).

I am concerned that some of those changes, if applied, could make the
DCAT application profile for data portals in Europe
(https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/dcat_application_profile/asset_releas
e/dcat-application-profile-data-portals-europe-final) non-compliant.
That profile was agreed among representatives of many European data
portals and was published in the understanding that a second last call
would only lead to minor editorial changes.

Although I might not disagree with the need for additional modelling
(after all, some of that additional modelling was done for in ADMS --
e.g. versioning, translations), I would hate to see those model changes
invalidate both ADMS and DCAT-AP. 

Overall, I think that some of the changes that are being proposed need
more discussion.

Makx.

Received on Wednesday, 30 October 2013 09:18:12 UTC