Re: ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT]

On 12-02-09 01:32 PM, Government Linked Data Working Group Issue Tracker 
wrote:
> ISSUE-27 (format): URIs for file formats [DCAT]
>
> http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/27
>
> Raised by: Phil Archer
> On product: DCAT
>
> DCAT uses dcterms:format thus:
>
> :distribution dcterms:format [
>     a dcterms:IMT;
>     rdf:value "text/csv";
>     rdfs:label "CSV"
> ]
>
> Is this the best we can do? There are alternatives:
>
> 1. Ed Summers' work on providing URIs for MIME types [1] could potentially be moved in to W3C space by this WG.
>
> 2. Ivan Herman's work on providing file types [2] could be extended ad hoc to provide a stable set of URIs for file formats that includes MIME type as one property but allows for unambiguous naming of multiple formats with a single MIME type
>
> 3. Stick with what we have.
>
> Of these, 3 is the path of least resistance, 2 is my preferred option. This is because, as Ivan points out, the MIME type doesn't always tell you everything you need to know.  It's not that big a task and we could create a few key ones fairly quickly.
>
> [1] http://mediatypes.appspot.com/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/ns/formats/
>
>
>

As far as I understand, this issue raises the same concerns as issue 12 
[1]. Phil, perhaps this issue should be closed?

[1] http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/12

-Sarven

Received on Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:55:05 UTC