Re: Exposing datasets with DCAT (partitioning, subsets..)

Hi, Maik.

On 03/02/2016 10:43, Maik Riechert wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Interesting points, exactly what I wanted to talk about.
>
> I tried to have spatial partitioning in scenario 3 for example, but I
> just see that github swallowed some of my <varname> notations, I'll fix
> that to make it clearer. But in the end it's similar to temporal
> partitioning, just a different dimension.

Indeed.

> Now, about modeling subsets as distributions. Currently, this is a no-go
> for me since you cannot indicate the subset extent (temporal, spatial,
> ..) inside a distribution element. Basically the same opinion as comment
> #2 in your linked page.
>
> Having said that, I agree that it would be way more convenient to manage
> as distributions, on many levels. But, then someone has to step up and
> define that I can use dct:temporal and dct:spatial (as defined in
> GeoDCAT-AP) within a Distribution. Of course you can do that already,
> but no one cares and it will be ignored because it is not recommended
> anywhere.

Well, this can be a job for both the DWBP and SDW WGs. Moreover, work 
just started to develop implementation guidelines for DCAT-AP, and this 
issue could be addressed also there (see the relevant issue [1]).

> That still doesn't solve partitioning across other dimension types, but
> it is a start and should work for the majority of datasets.

I agree.

Cheers,

Andrea

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[1]https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/dcat-ap_implementation_guidelines/issue/mi2-dataset-series

Received on Wednesday, 3 February 2016 10:20:34 UTC