Re: ISSUE-7 (whyAccessUrl): Drop dcat:accessUrl, use the URI of the dcat:Download resource instead [DCAT]

On 12-01-26 10:41 AM, Government Linked Data Working Group Issue Tracker 
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> ISSUE-7 (whyAccessUrl): Drop dcat:accessUrl, use the URI of the dcat:Download resource instead [DCAT]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/7
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> Raised by: Phil Archer
> On product: DCAT
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> This was rasied by Ed Summers on original eGov wiki where it is issue 38
> http://www.w3.org/egov/IG/track/issues/38
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I agree with Ed Summers' proposal to drop dcat:accessURL and simply use 
dcat:distribution.

With the exception of allowing dcat:distribution to have an HTML page as 
one of the ranges, it is actually similar to void:dataDump [1].

On that note, and perhaps this is a separate issue in on of itself, we 
should drop the HTML page for the downloads as a possibility. VoID's 
dataDump definition has a note on this that's worth considering:

"The void:dataDump property should not be used for linking to a download 
web page. It should only be used for linking directly to dump files. 
This is to ensure that the link can be used by automated spiders that 
cannot find their way through an HTML page. If a publisher desires to 
provide a link to a download page as well, then they should use the 
foaf:page property instead."

If the possible range is unclear or confusing for the publisher (as 
raised by Fadi Maali [2]), we should reconsider the term. I personally 
find something along the lines of "dataDump" to be far more clear for 
its intention than "download", "access" or "distribution".

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#dumps
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2010Jun/0004.html

-Sarven