Re: [dxwg] definitions clarifications of conforms to (#1130)

@kcoyle I think you are misreading this. I think that you view the set of metadata statements that go into the left-hand metadata 'record'  as the catalog record. However, as I see it, **the catalog record is the set of metadata statements in the middle metadata box**, namely the set of metadata statements that describe the dataset. In that sense, `dcterms:conformsTo :geoDCAT-AP` in the example above says that the set of metadata statements that describe the dataset conforms to the GeoDCAT-AP, which is entirely correct.
In my diagram:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7534601/68073941-be874000-fd95-11e9-9150-243b0f3e8860.png)

Maybe the confusion stems from the `foaf:primaryTopic`? I see the role of `foaf:primaryTopic` to provide a shortcut from the metadata about the catalog record to the dataset that the catalog record describes, so the object of `foaf:primaryTopic` is the same as the subject of the statements associated with the `dcat:Dataset`.


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