DCAT Last Call issues: definition of Dataset -- examples

DCAT defines Dataset as "A collection of data, published or curated by a
single source, and available for access or download in one or more
formats". 

 

This definition does not give a clear indication of characteristics that
distinguish a Dataset from a more general rdfs:Resource. Would it be
possible to at least provide some examples of existing resources that
fall within this definition, and (even more importantly) some examples
that do not? 

 

In a conversation on the public mailing list
(http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-gld-wg/2012Sep/0062.html),
it was mentioned that "Any file stored on disk is a data set".  This
implies that any machine-readable information (including PDF files!) can
be considered a dcat:Dataset. That doesn't sound right to me.

 

Makx.  

 

 


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