[dxwg] Clarify scope of DCAT

dr-shorthair has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/dxwg:

== Clarify scope of DCAT ==
DCAT version 1 supported cataloging of Datasets. Two of the Use Cases describe the need to also support cataloguing of Services: 

- [DCAT Distribution to describe web services - ID6](https://www.w3.org/TR/dcat-ucr/#ID6)
- [Modeling service-based data access - ID18](https://www.w3.org/TR/dcat-ucr/#ID18) 

There is evidence of use of complicated, indirect approaches to resolve this in existing deployments - see   https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/116#issuecomment-374786075 https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/166#issuecomment-373878749 

The following  Issues have also discussed the issue of links between Datasets, Distributions and Distribution services in the context of a DCAT Catalog:  #56, #116, #124, #145, #166 
Some of these discuss potential solutions before the requirements have been clearly articulated and agreed. 

This issue is to clarify the scope of DCAT. When this has been clarified we can then determine the best way to meet the requirements, through creative use or adaptation of the existing vocabularies, or by adding some classes and properties to DCAT, or some other method. 

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/172 using your GitHub account

Received on Thursday, 22 March 2018 06:30:04 UTC