Re: [publishing-statistical-data] W3C Data Cube Last Call

Hi,

Yes, the additional paragraph addresses this issue.

Thank you for that.

Guillaume


2013/4/5 Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com>

> Dear Guillaume,
>
> Thank you very much for your helpful comments on the Data Cube last call.
>
> We will give a formal response to the various issues you raise in due
> course.
>
> In the meantime I wonder if I could ask a clarifying question.
>
>  _*6.4*_ : “ /In a data set with multiple observations
>> //*[measures ??]*//**//then we add an additional dimension whose value
>>
>> indicates the measure. This is appropriate for applications where the
>> measures are separate aggregate statistics“/→ I do not completely agree
>>
>> with that.
>>
>> First, I guess you meant multiple measures instead of observations.
>>
>> The above-mentioned “ /additional dimension/ “, that is the measure
>> dimension is defined in SDMX 2.1 as “/ is a special type of dimension
>>
>> which defines multiple measures in a data structure definition. [..].
>> Note that it is necessary that these representations are compliant (the
>> same or derived from) with that of the primary measure.” /The primary
>>
>> measure which represents the value of the phenomenon to be measured via
>> a reference to a concept, is mandatory and can take its semantic from
>> any concept, although it is provided as a fixed identifier (OBS_VALUE).
>>
>> The SDMX MeasureDimension is above all a dimension, admittedly of a
>> particular type, whereas it seems to me that the RDF Data Cube
>> MeasureDimension, declared as a qb:MeasureType is primarily a measure.
>> In my mind it is exemplified by the fact that the qb:MeasureType
>> component is a dimension property with an implicit code list whereas
>> SDMX requires a reference to an explicit ConceptScheme whether its
>> representation be made explicit or not. I think it would be worth
>> mentioning this slight difference.
>>
>
> I do agree that qb:MeasureType is unusual in this respect of having an
> implicit code list, despite being a qb:DimensionProperty.
>
> This is called out in section 6.5.2 [1] third paragraph.
>
> Is that explanatory paragraph sufficient if we clarify that this notion of
> an implicit code list for qb:MeasureType is a small divergence from SDMX?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-**vocab-data-cube-20130312/#dsd-**mm-dim<http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-vocab-data-cube-20130312/#dsd-mm-dim>
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