ACTION-405: text on preference of URIs

Dear Florian, all,

I propose to add the following text after the introdcutory paragraph of section 4.5 (Properties) of the API document:

Several of the following return type interfaces can hold the value of the property as both URI (i.e., a pointer to a controlled vocabulary) or as free text. The URI is preferred, and the respective attribute of the return value shall be filled whenever possible (i.e., when the information is included in the source metadata).

Best regards,
Werner

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  Werner Bailer
  Audiovisual Media Group
  
  DIGITAL - Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
  
  JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
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