Re: [dxwg] Model Series of Data as Distributions of a single Dataset (#1429)

Thanks @sabinem , very good points.

I have seen at least three national implementations of data catalogues that take this approach with different files in temporal and/or spatial series as distributions of one dataset. 

What does worry me is that it makes it hard for reusers -- who harvest or otherwise receive DCAT descriptions -- to understand what's going on if there are some dataset/distribution combinations that follow the recommended pattern of 'distributions contain the same data' and some that follow what is now the anti-pattern.

Would it be sensible to distinguish the pattern by using different classes? E.g.:
- for the pattern, use `dcat:Dataset` and `dcat:Distribution`
- for the alternative use new classes `dcat:Series` and `dcat:SeriesItem`, each with their own sets of properties

That way, it would be immediately obvious what pattern is being used.


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