Re: [Minutes] 2016-06-03 - and a bit of a moan

Oh Geez,

Phil to the rescue again!  

Thank you,

Eric S

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 6, 2016, at 6:29 AM, Phil Archer <phila@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Prompted by Riccardo, I have looked at last Friday's minutes. Sorry I wasn't able to be on the call.
> 
> Incredible as it seems after 2.5 years, no one thought to type
> 
> RRSAgent, generate minutes
> 
> at the end of the meeting.
> 
> Grrr...
> 
> Fortunately, your trusty team contact was able to find the IRC log that *was* generated, thank you,  and have been able to generate the minutes from that, now in place at the correct place,
> https://www.w3.org/2016/06/03-dwbp-minutes
> 
> A text snapshot is included below for your convenience.
> 
>   [1]W3C
> 
>      [1] http://www.w3.org/
> 
>      Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group Teleconference
> 
> 03 Jun 2016
> 
>   See also: [2]IRC log
> 
>      [2] http://www.w3.org/2016/06/03-dwbp-irc
> 
> Attendees
> 
>   Present
>          ericstephan, antoine, hadleybeeman, BernadetteLoscio,
>          annette_g, eric_kauz, newton
> 
>   Regrets
>          PhilA
> 
>   Chair
>          Hadley
> 
>   Scribe
>          annette_g
> 
> Contents
> 
>     * [3]Topics
>     * [4]Summary of Action Items
>     * [5]Summary of Resolutions
>     __________________________________________________________
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [6]https://rawgit.com/gkellogg/36b51a2681e1d6a0a9146041fd6564d5
>   /raw/0b4af28c82074c3936e62645e2f011ed301247e0/json-ld-api-best-
>   practices.html
> 
>      [6] https://rawgit.com/gkellogg/36b51a2681e1d6a0a9146041fd6564d5/raw/0b4af28c82074c3936e62645e2f011ed301247e0/json-ld-api-best-practices.html
> 
>   <hadleybeeman>
>   [7]https://gist.github.com/gkellogg/36b51a2681e1d6a0a9146041fd6
>   564d5
> 
>      [7] https://gist.github.com/gkellogg/36b51a2681e1d6a0a9146041fd6564d5
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> scribe: annette_g
> 
>   PROPOSED: approve last week's minutes
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> [8]http://www.w3.org/2016/05/27-dwbp-minutes
> 
>      [8] http://www.w3.org/2016/05/27-dwbp-minutes
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> +1
> 
>   <ericstephan> +1
> 
>   <antoine> +1
> 
>   +1
> 
>   RESOLUTION: approve last week's minutes
> 
>   hadleybeeman: Antoine, let's start with your vocabulary
> 
>   antoine: we still have a number of items to do with this
>   vocabulary. We received some feedback this week, an exchange on
>   the list this morning.
>   ... at the moment, we don't need much input from the working
>   group.
> 
>   chiming in about issues is welcome, of course. We don't have a
>   lot of issues that are difficult.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: do you feel okay with the timetable?
> 
>   antoine: yes, for the moment
> 
>   <laufer> hi all
> 
>   hadleybeeman: let's move on to the other vocabulary
> 
>   ericstephan: I haven't seen any comments about the DUV on the
>   public comments.
> 
>   ericstephan: there were some editorial comments from
>   BernadetteLoscio that need to get incorporated into the doc
> 
>   <antoine> [9]https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/track/actions/227
> 
>      [9] https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/track/actions/227
> 
>   antoine: I realized I have an item that I need input from the
>   group on.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> action-227?
> 
>   <trackbot> action-227 -- Antoine Isaac to Work with eric s on
>   writing section on evolution of duv wrt reuse of namespaces
>   etc. -- due 2016-04-01 -- OPEN
> 
>   <trackbot> [10]http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/track/actions/227
> 
>     [10] http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/track/actions/227
> 
>   <antoine>
>   [11]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016May
>   /0101.html
> 
>     [11] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016May/0101.html
> 
>   antoine: I'm asking input from ericstephan and BP editors
>   ... the idea was to put a small bit of text about this in the
>   BP doc. Now I have doubts on whether we should do it.
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> the text was: "The Data Quality
>   [[VOCAB-DQV]] and Data Usage vocabularies [[VOCAB-DUV]] created
>   by the W3C Working Group publishing this document have also
>   sought to minimize the number of formal axioms involved in
>   their definition. For instance, the property
>   dqv:hasQualityMeasurement has no formal domain in the RDFS/OWL
>   sense, even though it is expected to be most often used with
>   resources that are of type dcat:Dataset or
>   dcat:Distributio[CUT]
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> designers to employ it for other types of
>   entities, for which quality measurements would also be relevant
>   but that were not in the focus of the design process for DQV."
> 
>   antoine: this is the text that was removed. My suggestion is to
>   leave things as they are now.
> 
>   ericstephan: I've seen several comments on twitter, and this
>   has been on my mind. Do we put something like this in the
>   vocabulary docs? I've seen a number of opinions, including at a
>   European semantic web meeting this week. I'm not sure whether
>   this belongs in the BP doc or maybe summarized as a note.
>   hadleybeeman's point about whether it helps describe the
>   vocabulary is a good one.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> Original discussion for this ACTION:
>   [12]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016Feb
>   /0013.html
> 
>     [12] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016Feb/0013.html
> 
>   <ericstephan> thank you!
> 
>   ericstephan: I've thought the reuse of different namespaces was
>   a strength, but some people see it differently
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: I was looking at BP16. The BP is long. I'm
>   not sure it's worth including the text here, but maybe we can
>   include in the vocabularies a mention of the best practices. We
>   do the opposite in the BP doc.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: other thoughts? apparently not.
> 
>   ericstephan: One thing I don't want to do is come up
>   defensively in the vocabularies. The DUV is what it is. I would
>   be against trying to rework the best practice, so I agree with
>   what BernadetteLoscio said.
>   ... I do have a section in the DUV that talks about the use of
>   other vocabularies. I haven't looked at DQV in a while, but I
>   could look it over and check that we have similar language, but
>   I don't think we should spend more time than that.
> 
>   antoine: that sounds alright.
>   ... we may be tempted to create concrete examples. We can try
>   it.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: in the process of explaining a vocab, it can help
>   to explain things to refer to the other docs. It also enhances
>   coherence within the working group, which may not be a
>   priority.
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> yes!
> 
>   <ericstephan> thank you for sorting through the details!
> 
>   <ericstephan> +1 for keeping action open
> 
>   <antoine> +1
> 
>   hadleybeeman: so, Eric will take a look at it.
> 
>   ericstephan: this is great. Thanks, antoine, for bringing that
>   up.
>   ... I think I have my working orders for the week. I don't
>   think I need anything else from the group, other than
>   discussions in email during the week. I'm feeling okay with the
>   timetable.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: update on the best
>   practicesââ¬Â¦BernadetteLoscio or newton?
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> :(
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> hello?
> 
>   <newton> Berna, we can't hear you!
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> can you hear me?
> 
>   newton: I'm trying to reach BernadetteLoscio. I was working on
>   other projects this week.
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> no :(
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> i can hear you!
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> just a minute
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> ahahhahahaha
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [13]https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Status_of_comments_about_
>   the_last_call_working_draft
> 
>     [13] https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Status_of_comments_about_the_last_call_working_draft
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: this week we worked on the wiki table to
>   collect commetns. We included the comments we've received so
>   far. For some of them, the author already has a proposal. Most
>   are not difficult to implement.
>   ... I would like to discuss comment 6 with the group.
>   ... It's about the need for users to register to use a dataset.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> The commenter's message:
>   [14]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-comments/2
>   016May/0027.html
> 
>     [14] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-comments/2016May/0027.html
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: for other comments, I can make a proposal and
>   send to the group. The second thing is about the implementation
>   grid. We can have different types of evidence. How can we check
>   or test the BP in each case? It's more clear when we have a
>   dataset, but for guidelines and data portals, it's more
>   general. I don't know if we can have the same form for the
>   three types of evidence.
>   ... let's start with comment 6.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: I'm trying to separate open data from data on the
>   web. This is the latter, so it's in scope. He wants publishers
>   to describe reasons. That's not technical. This feels
>   behavioral, so in my opinion it's not clear that it belongs in
>   a W3C spec.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> s/w3c spec./w3c spec. If he were advocating
>   using a specific vocabulary in that use case, it would feel
>   different to me.
> 
>   laufer: I agree that it's not a technical issue, but I think
>   it's a worry that the publisher needs to have. Maybe we can put
>   it in a paragraph somewhere. It's kind of a reverse license.
>   The publisher is asking for data from users. It's interesting
>   for the publisher to say what they will do with this data. We
>   can think of it as publication of that data.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> annette_g: I agree with Laufer. I think there is
>   a lot of other material in our BP doc that doesn't meet that
>   threshold of technicality. We do want to help people publish
>   data in ways that are useful. I see it in social science data,
>   where people need to have somebody give a little info about
>   themselves because that's part of the legality of publishing.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> ...In the harder sciences, people need to report
>   back to a funding agency who is using this data. It's a strong
>   incentive for people publishing to do that. If we can give them
>   some guidance on how to do it will, it may help people publish
>   more data.
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio> [15]https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/#dataAccess
> 
>     [15] https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/#dataAccess
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: I agree that it's not technical, too, and
>   that it's relevant to mention this. Maybe we can include, as
>   Laufer proposed, in the introduction to the data access
>   section.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: If we are going to do that, we should talk about
>   principles and ideas rather than the specifics that Andrea put.
>   I think the specifics will vary widely from use case to use
>   case.
>   ... I want this to be as broadly applicable as possible. I'm
>   still stuck on the behavioral point. other thoughts?
> 
>   silence ensues.
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio, is that enough for you to progress with?
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: we'll make a proposal and get back to the
>   group.
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [16]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a9cOGzWJTIhh2OrAemv
>   WBR8f0rv5xqvL03pJeMrotCo/edit#gid=0
> 
>     [16] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a9cOGzWJTIhh2OrAemvWBR8f0rv5xqvL03pJeMrotCo/edit#gid=0
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [17]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016May
>   /0106.html
> 
>     [17] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016May/0106.html
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: I'm working on this proposal to collect
>   implementation information. An evidence can be a link to a
>   guideline. Makx gave a good example.
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [18]http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/content/goldbook/prepar
>   ing-data
> 
>     [18] http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/content/goldbook/preparing-data
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: This is the link that shows our BPs are being
>   used. So this is evidence, but I don't know how we can test.
>   ... In this case, it's hard to show that a guildeline follows
>   our best practice. How can we take this into our report.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: I'm hoping to clarify. We need things to be
>   testable so that implementers can test that they've met our
>   guidelines. There's no halfway on whether they meet it. So, I'm
>   wondering whether your question is leading us to reword to make
>   things more testable, or whether you are asking what testing
>   means.
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: It's more the second question.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman>
>   [19]http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/content/goldbook/prepar
>   ing-data
> 
>     [19] http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/content/goldbook/preparing-data
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [20]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016May
>   /0106.html
> 
>     [20] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-dwbp-wg/2016May/0106.html
> 
>   hadleybeeman: the link isn't working
> 
>   <BernadetteLoscio>
>   [21]http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/providing-data/goldbook
>   /preparing-data
> 
>     [21] http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/providing-data/goldbook/preparing-data
> 
>   <ericstephan> are they following the data unavailability bp?
>   ;-)
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: they are using the BP, and they have a link
>   to the section of the BP doc.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: we can use data that is published following these
>   rules, not the rules themselves.
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: so evidence of implementation should be an
>   implementation of a dataset
> 
>   hadleybeeman: yes, or a data portal
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: when you say data portal, how do we test? is
>   it the portal itself or a specific dataset on the portal?
> 
>   hadleybeeman: it depends on the BP. We need to demonstrate that
>   somebody else out there thinks they are also good.
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: we can use datasets published before and
>   after our BP doc was published?
> 
>   hadleybeeman: yes
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: can we also include guidelines to demonstrate
>   that our guidelines are being used by others creating
>   guidelines
> 
>   hadleybeeman: In my experience, the director will be interested
>   in what people are doing rather than what they're saying.
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: we can also share this info with others, but
>   not to prove that the BPs have been implemented.
>   ... so now we're going to focus on gathering info about the
>   publication of datasets.
>   ... for the proposal, what we're trying to do is make it easier
>   to give answers. It doesn't mean all the BPs will be
>   implemented in a given dataset or data portal.
>   ... the BPs are in the column on the left
> 
>   hadleybeeman: what the director needs to see is that for every
>   line there are at least two instances of "pass". But at the top
>   of column C, I think we can't say it can be a guideline.
>   ... other than that, I think what you have is very very useful.
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: It would be helpful if someone could test,
>   try to collect some evidence and fill in the form.
> 
>   hadleybeeman: do we have anyone in the group who has promised
>   to do an implementation?
> 
>   newton: yes, we have
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: feel free to give us feedback even if you
>   aren't doing an implementation.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> ACTION: annette to look at optimising the test
>   for BP 31. Multiple tests? [recorded in
>   [22]http://www.w3.org/2016/06/03-dwbp-irc]
> 
>     [22] http://www.w3.org/2016/06/03-dwbp-irc]
> 
>   <trackbot> Created ACTION-283 - Look at optimising the test for
>   bp 31. multiple tests? [on Annette Greiner - due 2016-06-10].
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: the data enrichment test is something maybe
>   we should discuss with Annette. If we have a lot of checks in
>   the same line, that can be a problem. For one best practice,
>   you will see that there is more than one line, because we have
>   multiple checks. A BP will be considered implemented if we pass
>   every test. Can the data enrichment one be more concise?
> 
>   annette_g: I'll take a look at it.
> 
>   <newton> q_
> 
>   hadleybeeman: we have 2 more minutes. anything else?
> 
>   BernadetteLoscio: we're going to try to work on the comments
>   table and see what we can resolve by email.
> 
>   laufer: I think a guideline that says what we say in a BP is an
>   evidence. If an organization agrees with us, that is a strong
>   evidence, maybe even stronger than a single implementation.
> 
>   <hadleybeeman> [23]http://www.w3.org/2015/Process-20150901/
> 
>     [23] http://www.w3.org/2015/Process-20150901/
> 
>   hadleybeeman: we should carry this on in email. Take a look at
>   the process document where it's all laid out.
> 
>   newton: I was going to ask about JSON-LD BPs.
> 
>   <ericstephan> thank you all
> 
>   hadleybeeman: They've asked if we want to host their document
>   in our working group. I wanted to ask editors what they thought
>   and open it up to the working group.
> 
>   <ericstephan> bye
> 
>   <laufer> thank you all. bye
> 
> Summary of Action Items
> 
>   [NEW] ACTION: annette to look at optimising the test for BP 31.
>   Multiple tests? [recorded in
>   [24]http://www.w3.org/2016/06/03-dwbp-irc]
> 
>     [24] http://www.w3.org/2016/06/03-dwbp-irc
> 
> Summary of Resolutions
> 
>    1. [25]approve last week's minutes
> 
>   [End of minutes]
>     __________________________________________________________
> 

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