- From: Thomas Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:08:42 +0200
- To: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>
- Cc: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 09:35:18PM +0200, Antoine Isaac wrote: > In particular I like very much the notion of 'specification' rather > than 'document'. 'document' points to a rather concrete instance of a > profile, while 'specification' is more conceptual, and allows to to > group things together. For example, 'specification' allows me to > consider the Europeana Data Model as a specification that can be > detailed in an XML Schema, an RDFS/OWL document, or a SHACL > represention. If we jump straight to the definition, then all the > 'instanciations' of the Europeana Data Model would live in splendid > isolation. There are many more downsides to focusing on 'documents' > but this one seems a major showstopper to me. +1 to "specification" with this nice explanation of the distinction. Tom -- Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
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