[dxwg] DCAT TTL - The label for the class dcat:Resource (#1388)

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== DCAT TTL - The label for the class dcat:Resource  ==
The label '**Catalogued resource**' for the class [dcat:Resource](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#Class:Resource) in the [TTL ontology distribution ](https://www.w3.org/ns/dcat.ttl) of the ontology) implies that this is the class of all catalogued resources, yet it is stated in section [5.1 DCAT Scope](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#dcat-scope) that this class also covers **resources which are not documented in any catalog**:

> dcat:Resource represents a dataset, a data service or any other resource that may be described by a metadata record in a catalog. This class is not intended to be used directly, but is the parent class of dcat:Dataset, dcat:DataService and dcat:Catalog. (..). dcat:Dataset and dcat:DataService can be used for datasets and services which are not documented in any catalog.

Although the label in the TTL distribution narrows the scope to "catalogued", the definition of [dcat:Resource](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#Class:Resource) does not restrict the resource to be listed in a catalogue.

```
dcat:Resource
  a owl:Class ;
  rdfs:comment "Resource published or curated by a single agent."@en ;
  rdfs:label "Catalogued resource"@en ;
```
If a [dcat:Resource](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#Class:Resource) is to be understood as a a resource not necessarily documented in a catalog, then the label 'Catalogued resource' seems somewhat inappropriate as the label for the DCAT defined class [dcat:Resource](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#Class:Resource) in TTL distribution of the DCAT ontology...  



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