Dxwg: There is a need to distinguish between distributions that package the entire dataset and those that support access to specific items, queries, and packaged downloads of data. [ID51] (5.51)
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This is not yet approved as of today, see ACTION 243 on Roba to work out (with Antoine) what #267 means. https://www.w3.org/2018/10/25-dxwg-minutes
aisaac
on 18 Nov 2018
in UCR at https://w3c.github.io/dxwg/ucr/#RDIC
rob-metalinkage
on 16 Jan 2019
Isn't a "_distribution that support access to specific items, queries [etc.]_" in effect a service? As far as I understand it, the updated definition of dcat:Distribution in the latest draft seems to imply it represents a file; the definition includes "_Examples of distributions include a CSV file, a netCDF file, or a data-cube_". We added the dcat:Service for things that are not files, which seems to be what this issue is about.
makxdekkers
on 21 Jan 2019
Based on discussion at https://www.w3.org/2019/02/05-dxwgdcat-minutes, I will draft a proposal that situations that are more complex than access to a 'file' should be modelled as dcat:Service.
makxdekkers
on 6 Feb 2019
I think the first Note under https://w3c.github.io/dxwg/dcat/#Class:Distribution says it all, so I don't see a need to reformulate that.
makxdekkers
on 9 Feb 2019
Closing after discussion in Conneg meeting
nicholascar
on 13 Feb 2019
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Isn't a "_distribution that support access to specific items, queries [etc.]_" in effect a service? As far as I understand it, the updated definition of
dcat:Distributionin the latest draft seems to imply it represents a file; the definition includes "_Examples of distributions include a CSV file, a netCDF file, or a data-cube_". We added thedcat:Servicefor things that are not files, which seems to be what this issue is about.