- From: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:10:53 +0000
- To: Sarven Capadisli <sarven.capadisli@deri.org>
- CC: Government Linked Data Working Group <public-gld-wg@w3.org>
You are correct, Sarven, thank you. I have closed Issue-27. Right, now... how are we going to close Issue-12 ? :-) On 09/02/2012 16:54, Sarven Capadisli wrote: > 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 > > -- Phil Archer W3C eGovernment http://www.w3.org/egov/ http://philarcher.org +44 (0)7887 767755 @philarcher1
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