Re: Meaning of publishing Data on the Web

Hi Carlos,

Yes, maybe we can consider different types of data as data on the Web.
However, I agree with Makx that providing BP for these different types of
data is not in the scope of the DWBP document.

As I said in another message, In my opinion, if we're gonna consider the
DCAT definition for dataset, then a dataset can be seen as a package and
the metadata (Data Discovery, Locale Parameters, Data Licenses, Data
Provenance, Data Quality, Data Versioning) that will be provided concerns
the dataset itself, i.e., there won't be specific metadata for each one of
different files available in a specific dataset. For example, if there is a
csv file as part of the dataset, then the metadata that is specific for
this file should be provided according to the work done by the CSV group.
The same can apply to other different file types (pdf, odt, mp3...).

On the other hand, BP for data formats refer to data and not to datasets.
In this case, we are talking about the contents of the dataset. In general,
data formats BP say that publishers should use machine-readable and open
data formats, but it doesn't say to use a specific data format. We may
complement these BP with a list of data formats and examples.

kind regards,
Bernadette

2015-04-03 22:08 GMT-03:00 Carlos Iglesias <contact@carlosiglesias.es>:

> On 27 March 2015 at 18:52, Makx Dekkers <mail@makxdekkers.com> wrote:
>
>> I’ve been asking that question from the beginning. In a recent message I
>> proposed to be very explicit: let’s just focus on numerical, tabular data.
>> At least, we’ll know what we’re talking about – DCAT, CSV, DataCube – and
>> we can forget about all types of complexities to do with other types of
>> data.
>>
>
> I think the problem with such approach is that we won't be working on a
> best practices document for data on the web any more, but on a subset of
> best practices for numerical, tabular data on the web. As I said before, I
> think this is a good idea, but a complementary WG note.
>
> In my mind, every type of data needs different best practices.
>>
>
> Some examples of such differences would be really useful to see how we
> could be addressing them.
>
> Best,
>  CI.
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> *De:* Bernadette Farias Lóscio [mailto:bfl@cin.ufpe.br]
>> *Enviado el:* 27 March 2015 18:11
>> *Para:* public-dwbp-wg@w3.org
>> *Asunto:* Meaning of publishing Data on the Web
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have one question for the group:
>>
>> When we talk about publishing data on the Web, are we talking just about
>> publishing sets of values (ex: strings, numbers...) or it also includes
>> publishing audio, image, video and documents?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Bernadette
>>
>
>
>
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Bernadette Farias Lóscio
Centro de Informática
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brazil
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