- From: Martin Alvarez-Espinar <mlvarez@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:58:15 +0100
- To: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Cc: public-gld-wg@w3.org
Thanks, Richard. Understood! Best regards, Martin On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de> wrote: > Martin, > > Apologies for not replying to this in a timely manner :-( > > On 9 Nov 2011, at 18:32, Martin Alvarez-Espinar wrote: >> I'm implementing a use case of dcat with almost all the features >> includes in the reference [1]. I have a doubt about the subclasses of >> dcat:Distribution (WebService, Download, and Feed). I know the >> difference among them, but I'm not sure about how to consider this >> particular example: >> >> A XML static file is undoubtedly a a dcat:Download. > > Yes. > >> But what about if >> the same XML document was served from WebService? > > If you're just talking about the back-end that serves the file, then it really doesn't matter. As long as I can put the URL into my web browser and the result is that an XML file is downloaded, then it's a dcat:Download. (I think that pasting the URL into your browser address bar can be considered the definitive test for something being a download.) > > If the file is coming out of a SOAP web service, or requires some other kind of elaborate API call with parameters or POST requests, then it's a dcat:WebService. > > Hope that helps, > Richard > > >> Of course, also I >> would represent the MIME type, dcat:accessURL, etc. I guest >> <XML-doc-from-WS> a dcat:WebService. Am I right according to your >> initial approach? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Martin >> >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Data_Catalog_Vocabulary/Vocabulary_Reference >> >> >> -- >> Martín Álvarez Espinar >> Fundación CTIC >> >> Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Gijón >> c/ Ada Byron, 39 Edificio Centros Tecnológicos 33203 Gijón - Asturias - España >> Tel.: +34 984 29 12 12 Fax: +34 984 39 06 12 >> martin.alvarez@fundacionctic.org http://www.fundacionctic.org >> Privacy Policy: http://www.fundacionctic.org/privacidad > > -- Martin Alvarez Espinar W3C Spain Office Manager tel.:+34 984390616 http://www.w3c.es/Personal/Martin mlvarez@w3.org
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