- From: Bernadette Farias Lóscio <bfl@cin.ufpe.br>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:49:00 -0300
- To: Annette Greiner <amgreiner@lbl.gov>
- Cc: "public-dwbp-wg@w3.org" <public-dwbp-wg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CANx1Pzx6K1DuZoaUSqfdk=5AVQiTzuiL-zGi2h4tRw8=VObARQ@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks a lot Annette! I just made the update [1]. Cheers, Berna [1] https://github.com/w3c/dwbp/commit/64d71cb6bd4a3761cf61e3eb8670b834be6d3119 2016-06-24 13:50 GMT-03:00 Annette Greiner <amgreiner@lbl.gov>: > Yes, that’s great! > -Annette > > > On Jun 24, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Bernadette Farias Lóscio <bfl@cin.ufpe.br> > wrote: > > > > Hi Annette, > > > > Thanks for your feedback! I understand your point and I'd like to make a > new proposal: > > > > For some data publishers, it is important to know who has downloaded the > data and how they have used it. There are two possible approaches to > gathering this information. First, publishers can <em>invite</em> users to > provide it, the user's motivation for doing so being that it encourages the > continued publication of the data and promotes their own work. A second and > less user-friendly approach is to require registration before data is > accessed. In both cases, the Dataset Usage Vocabulary [[Vocab-DQV]] > provides a structure for representing such information. When collecting > data from users, the publisher should explain why and how information > gathered from users (either explicitly or implicitly) will be used. Without > a clear policy users might be fearful of providing information and thus the > value of the dataset is reduced. > > > > Please let me know if this ok for you! > > > > Thanks, > > Berna > > > > 2016-06-22 15:28 GMT-03:00 Annette Greiner <amgreiner@lbl.gov>: > > I agree with most of this, but I think the text for comment 6 creates a > false dichotomy. It reads as though the two options for tracking usage are > (1) voluntarily using the DUV and (2) requiring registration. I see no > reason why DUV terms could not be used in gathering required registration > information. Either way you ask a user to fill in a form reporting their > usage. The difference is whether access to data is gated on that. If you > are thinking of the voluntary usage of the DUV in terms of publishing one's > own usage in metadata, that would not meet the needs of a publisher who > wants to collect usage statistics. For someone who really needs to report > statistics, finding such usages would be prohibitively difficult, and many > users would either never publish a result or would publish but fail to > learn and use the DUV in their metadata. I see lots of possibility for > creating new tools that make it much easier to take advantage of the DUV, > but there isn't yet a way to push usage information to the original > publisher. Furthermore, whether data is collected from users voluntarily or > is required for access, the user should be informed of the purpose of > collecting the data and how it will be used. > > > > -Annette > > > > On 6/22/16 4:53 AM, Bernadette Farias Lóscio wrote: > >> Hi Phil, > >> > >> Thanks a lot for your suggestions and improvements! > >> > >> We're gonna update the document and send messages to the commenters > asking for their feedback. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Berna > >> > >> 2016-06-17 12:41 GMT-03:00 Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>: > >> As promised in today's meeting, I'd like to suggest some comments and > minor amendments to the proposals in the wiki [1] > >> > >> > >> Comment 1 - I agree with the proposal. > >> > >> > >> In Comment 2, Ivan asks for a reference to the CSVW work, which I agree > is good to add. The para chosen for the addition is from the intro: > >> > >> The Best Practices proposed in this document are intended to serve a > more general purpose than the practices suggested in, for example, Best > Practices for Publishing Linked Data [LD-BP] since DWBP is > domain-independent. Whilst DWBP recommends the use of Linked Data, it also > promotes best practices for data on the Web in other open formats such as > CSV. > >> > >> The current proposal is to add a reference to the CSVW Primer - good, > but I think it needs a linking sentence so that we have: > >> > >> ... DWBP recommends the use of Linked Data, it also promotes best > practices for data on the Web in other open formats such as CSV. Methods > for sharing tabular data, including CSV files, in a way that maximizes the > potential of the Web to make links between data points, are described in > the Tabular Data Primer [[Tabular-Data-Primer]]. > >> > >> > >> Comments 3, 4 & 5 - OK. > >> > >> > >> Comment 6. > >> > >> I think Andrea makes a good point and it's a good hook for the DUV. > Indeed, the high frequency of data publishers who require registration was > a key motivation for the development of the DUV in the first place. Reading > the intro to the access section, where it is proposed to address his point, > I think it can go higher up than suggested. And I also note that the first > paragraph is a little confused so I offer this alternative: > >> > >> ===Begins=== > >> <p>Providing easy access to data on the Web enables both humans and > machines to take advantage of the benefits of sharing data using the Web > infrastructure. By default, the Web offers access using Hypertext Transfer > Protocol (HTTP) methods. This provides access to data at an atomic > transaction level. This might be through the simple bulk download of a file > or, where data is distributed across multiple files or requires more > sophisticated retrieval methods, through an API. The two basic methods, > bulk download and API, are not mutually exclusive.</p> > >> > >> <p>For some data publishers, it is important to know who has downloaded > the data and how they have used it. There are two possible approaches to > gathering this information. First, publishers can <em>invite</em> users to > provide it, the user's motivation for doing so being that it encourages the > continued publication of the data and promotes their own work. The Dataset > Usage Vocabulary [[Vocab-DQV]] provides a structure for doing this. A > second and less user-friendly approach is to require registration before > data is accessed. In this case, the publisher should explain why and how > information gathered from users (either explicitly or implicitly) will be > used. Without a clear policy users might be fearful of providing > information and thus the value of the dataset is reduced.</p> > >> > >> <p>In the bulk download approach, bulk data is generally... > >> > >> === Ends === > >> > >> *Although* I would delete the second instance of the word bulk in that > existing para so it just reads: "In the bulk download approach, data is > generally pre-processed server side where multiple files or directory trees > of files are provided as one downloadable file." > >> > >> Comment 7 & 8 - OK. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> Phil > >> > >> For tracker, this is action-285 > >> > >> > >> > >> [1] > https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Status_of_comments_about_the_last_call_working_draft > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> Phil Archer > >> W3C Data Activity Lead > >> http://www.w3.org/2013/data/ > >> > >> http://philarcher.org > >> +44 (0)7887 767755 > >> @philarcher1 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Bernadette Farias Lóscio > >> Centro de Informática > >> Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brazil > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Annette Greiner > > NERSC Data and Analytics Services > > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bernadette Farias Lóscio > > Centro de Informática > > Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brazil > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Bernadette Farias Lóscio Centro de Informática Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brazil ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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