Re: Agenda July 10, 2017 / Summary of Dataset related issues

Jaro - Thanks for doing this analysis. However, we need it on our wiki
in a form that others can contribute. I don't see anything here that
couldn't be text or a table - can you create a wiki page with the
information?

Thanks,
kc

On 7/10/17 6:43 AM, Jaroslav Pullmann wrote:
> 
>  Dear all,
> 
>   in order to support today's discussion I created an overview
>  of related standards and their concept of "Dataset" [1].
>  It is not meant to be exhaustive, just providing a starting point..
> 
>    Best regards
>   Jaroslav
> 
>  [1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQz5mWMUijvLU05cGx1ZHFocDQ
> 
> 
> 
> On 07.07.2017 14:38, Makx Dekkers wrote:
>> Jaroslav,
>>
>> It is really necessary to assume a particular purpose for a Dataset?
>> It seems to me that requiring a Dataset "to serve a particular, even
>> hypothetical information need and any kind of digital processing and
>> not simply the task of distribution (software)" creates a restriction
>> that might render existing implementation non-conformant. For example,
>> I know if work where Software Distributions are modelled as
>> dcat:Distributions under a Software Solution modelled as a dcat:Dataset.
>>
>> As to the CKAN definition of Dataset, I think that every CKAN Dataset
>> is a dcat:Dataset but the inverse would not necessarily be true.
>>
>> Makx.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jaroslav Pullmann [mailto:jaroslav.pullmann@fit.fraunhofer.de]
>> Sent: 07 July 2017 11:19
>> To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: Agenda July 10, 2017 / Summary of Dataset related issues
>>
>>
>>     Dear all,
>>
>>       my initial assumption DCAT is about registries of (structured)
>> bulk data was in deed challenged
>>     by the mentioned use cases, since they consider any type of
>> digital artifact including service endpoints.
>>     As already discussed in context of ID6, Web Services are a sample
>> of dynamic Distribution which exposes
>>     a particular representation of the rather abstract Dataset (~
>> Information resource), so I'd exclude
>>     them from the Dataset layer.
>>         I'd intuitively expect the content of a Dataset to serve a
>> particular, even hypothetical information
>>     need and any kind of digital processing and not simply the task of
>> distribution (software).
>>
>>     Here the working definition of a "dataset" in CKAN seems relevant
>> [1]:
>>         "For CKAN purposes, data is published in units called
>> datasets. A dataset is a parcel of data -
>>      for example, it could be the crime statistics for a region, the
>> spending figures for a government
>>      department, or temperature readings from various weather stations."
>>
>>     In next telcon I'll try to summarize the issues, but we may ask
>> Andrea to comment on his detailed UC ID20.
>>
>>     Best regards
>>    Jaroslav
>>     
>>    [1] http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/user-guide.html
>>
>>        
>>
>> On 07.07.2017 08:46, Makx Dekkers wrote:
>>>
>>> Karen,
>>>
>>> Not sure how to introduce the related use cases.
>>>
>>> As far as I see, the issue seems to be that people may apply, may
>>> want to apply, and are applying, DCAT to various types of data
>>> collections.
>>>
>>> Questions to consider could be:
>>>
>>> 1. is there a need to be able to identify the type of data(set) that
>>> is being described?
>>> 2. if so, how can the type of data be identified -- i.e. in which
>>> property and using which (kinds of) controlled vocabularies?
>>>
>>> Maybe Jaroslav has other ideas?
>>>
>>> Makx.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Karen Coyle [mailto:kcoyle@kcoyle.net]
>>> Sent: 06 July 2017 18:24
>>> To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
>>> Subject: Re: Agenda July 10, 2017
>>>
>>> Thanks, Makx. It would be helpful if you or Jaroslav (or both!) could
>>> introduce this set of use cases that you've suggested, with what you
>>> see as a best approach.
>>>
>>> kc
>>>
>>> On 7/6/17 9:05 AM, Makx Dekkers wrote:
>>>> Karen, all,
>>>>
>>>> If I may, I would suggest not to start the discussion trying to
>>>> define what a Dataset is. It seems to me that it would be more
>>>> practical to look at what Simon mentions at the end of his problem
>>>> statement "a way for a DCAT description to indicate the 'type' of
>>>> dataset involved".
>>>>
>>>> Makx.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Karen Coyle [mailto:kcoyle@kcoyle.net]
>>>> Sent: 06 July 2017 17:28
>>>> To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
>>>> Subject: Agenda July 10, 2017
>>>>
>>>> https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/wiki/Meetings:Telecon2017.07.10
>>>>
>>>> This agenda follows Jaroslav's and Makx's suggestions by initiating
>>>> the discussion of "what is a dataset?"
>>>>
>>>> kc
>>>> -- 
>>>> Karen Coyle
>>>> kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
>>>> m: 1-510-435-8234 (Signal)
>>>> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Karen Coyle
>>> kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
>>> m: 1-510-435-8234 (Signal)
>>> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jaroslav Pullmann
>> Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
>> User-Centered Ubiquitous Computing Schloss Birlinghoven | D-53757
>> Sankt Augustin | Germany
>> Phone: +49-2241-143620 | Fax: +49-2241-142146
>>
>>
> 

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Karen Coyle
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