Re: [dxwg] Are we superseding DCAT 1 or not once DCAT 2 is a REC? (#1177)

Looks good Alejandra


Perhaps we should also refer to the github issues and ask for a report
should anybody experience any difficulties with this

Cheers
Peter

On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 at 18:01, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

> I couldn't find anything around backward compatiblity in the Process
> Document either.
>
> Well I think the first note in the Proposed Rec goes in that direction,
> see below
>
> DCAT 2 maintains the DCAT namespace as it preserves backward compatibility
> with DCAT [VOCAB-DCAT-20140116]. DCAT 2 relaxes constraints and adds new
> classes and properties, but these changes do not break existing DCAT
> implementations.
>
> I meant in the W3C Process Document (
> https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#rec-rescind), not in the DCAT
> Proposed Rec
>
> About your text - here it goes again with a few changes in italics:
>
> "DCAT 2 supersedes DCAT [VOCAB-DCAT-20140116], *but it does not make it
> obsolete*. DCAT 2 maintains the DCAT namespace as its terms preserve
> backward compatibility with DCAT [VOCAB-DCAT-20140116]. DCAT 2 relaxes
> constraints and adds new classes and properties, but these changes do not
> break the definition of previous terms.
>
> Any new implementation is expected to adopt DCAT 2, while the existing
> implementations *do not* need to upgrade to it, *unless they want to use
> the new features*. In particular, current DCAT deployments that do not
> overlap with the DCAT 2 new features (e.g., data services, time and space
> properties qualified relations, packaging) don't need to change anything to
> remain in conformance with DCAT 2."
>
> What do you think?
>
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