Re: Fwd: Re: Reusing DCAT namespace for DWBP vocabs

I agree with Richard. Makx
Op 7 okt. 2015 2:38 PM schreef "Deirdre Lee" <deirdre@derilinx.com>:

> Thanks to Richard for providing feedback on the reuse of DCAT ns for DQV
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> Hi Dee,
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> My view is that different vocabularies should have different namespaces.
> Having some terms in a namespace governed by one document and then other
> terms in the same namespace governed by a different document is confusing
> and counter-intuitive. It makes future maintenance harder, as several
> documents with complex interrelationships would be affected.
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> The strongest argument for putting everything into one namespace is, I
> suppose, convenience for data publishers. They wouldn’t have to remember
> which term is in which namespace. But this ship has sailed a long time ago.
> In RDF, we have to live with terms being scattered over different
> namespaces. Even when just using plain DCAT, one has to use terms in the DC
> and SKOS namespaces.
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> That being said, it’s the WG’s decision and not Fadi’s or mine, and I
> don’t believe there’s any rule against adding terms to a REC-defined
> namespace using a NOTE.
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> All the best,
> Richard
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