Re: Additional review and telecon (Tuesday) for Best Practices

Hi Phil,

On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Phil Archer <phila@w3.org> wrote:

> In addition to Dave and Makx's comments (which I agree with pretty much throughout), I'd like to add the following.
> 
> Section 5, Metadata. More could be said there, for example, a link to DCAT and, as an example of how to use it, the EC's DCAT Application Profile (https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/dcat_application_profile/asset_release/dcat-application-profile-data-portals-europe-final) written by Makx.

At this late stage, we should avoid the urge to add new content.  This is a Note that future editors hopefully can take & extend.  This month, the BP editors are fixing things that are incorrect, broken or poorly structured.

> 
> 7. Licences
> 
> The problem here is not that it's too American - there's useful info there - but that it's really only American. The line about Crown Copyright might lead to a reference to the UK Open Government Licence (http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/) for example. Many governments are in the process of working out how to licence their data (there are whole EU projects about it such as http://lapsi-project.eu/ but sadly that site is not guaranteed to be persistent so I'm hesitant to suggest linking to it.

OK, apparently only an American contributed to this section ;-)  I've cut it down & left bread crumbs should someone in the future wish to expand.  The link to the useful CC site remains.

> 
> 8. Convert Data to Linked Data
> 
> The sentence "This involves a data modeling step..." should link back to the modelling section.

Done.
> 
> The sentence that ends "...mapping the source data into a set of RDF statements via a script" suggests, or might suggest to some, that there is 'a script' - i.e. a single tool for doing this. I would say something like 'programmatically' or 'through an automated process', 'using one of a variety of tools' etc.

Done. Adopted DaveR's suggested list of conversion strategies.

> 
> I think sections 10 & 11 should also be merged. URI construction is an important part of designing for persistence.

Done.

> 
> That'll do for now - we can talk more on the imminent call.

All in email now.

Cheers,
Bernadette

> 
> HTH
> 
> Phil.
> 
> 
> On 17/12/2013 08:33, Dave Reynolds wrote:
>> Hi Bernadette,
>> 
>> On 17/12/13 04:53, Bernadette Hyland wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Thanks for the review you did do.  See inline below.
>>> 
>>> On Dec 15, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Dave Reynolds <Dave.e.Reynolds@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>>> # 4 Data Modelling
>>>> 
>>>> Not sure what value this section adds, it says too little. Should
>>>> either say more or say that modelling advice is out of scope.
>>> 
>>> Will beef up with a bit more description to make it clear the modeling
>>> step is really important.   In the real world we face people who heard
>>> there is a 'convert to RDF' tool and they cannot distinguish between
>>> auto-magic conversion vs. well-modeled content that uses standard
>>> vocabs & is expressed as something others can re-use.
>> 
>> I'm not sure beefing this up is the way to go.
>> 
>> Fully agree that the modelling step is really important. But it's not
>> clear to me that we could reach consensus on best practices for
>> modelling within the short time left. We already have sections on
>> ontology selection and ontology creation which are arguably the major
>> part of modelling. [Though our advice on creation doesn't actually tell
>> you anything about how to develop one.]
>> 
>> My suggestion would be to say words to the effect of:
>>    * Modelling is really important.
>>    * Advice on detailed modelling is out of scope for this document.
>>    * A key part of modelling is selecting or developing appropriate
>> ontologies, some advice on this is contained in the following sections ...
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
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