Dxwg: Further elaborating class Organization/Person

[andrea-perego]

The current definition only refers to FOAF for describing them.

I would suggest we add a definition, to explain how agents are supposed to be used in the context of DCAT.

Moreover, FOAF may be not enough for describing them. E.g., when specifying the dataset creators, I may want to specify a persistent ID for them (as ORCIDs).

Finally, I wonder whether we should mention the W3C Organization Ontology, which provides a richer set of terms to describe organisations and people affiliated to them.

[makxdekkers]

@andrea-perego I guess we could at least delete the word "sufficient" from the usage note. I like your suggestion to add a link to https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/ and maybe also to https://www.w3.org/ns/person?

[davebrowning]

As discussed in DCAT sub-group meeting, we'll action @makx's suggestion to remove the somewhat glib "sufficient" (#892) and defer any further changes or guidance to future work.

[makxdekkers]

I wasn't aware that I was responsible for "sufficient" in that usage note -- on the contrary, I have argued in the past that FOAF does not provide sufficient properties to properly describe people and organisations.
So I am happy to drop that word.

[davebrowning]

I wasn't aware that I was responsible for "sufficient" in that usage note --

Wasn't implying that you were, @Makx, rather that we should do what you suggested.

[davebrowning]

892 has made the small improvement, limited time available means that a fuller resolution willl need to be future work. Issue to remain open to track this.