Substantial change to Distribution's title property from DCAT-US 1.1 should perhaps be made more obvious.

[sofianef]

Name: Carrie Comstock

Affiliation: USEPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), Cummings.Carrie@EPA.gov

Type of issue: Schema, Editorial

Section # / Table #: 5.18.2 Distribution's title property

Issue:

• Substantive Comment: The usage note indicates that "The title MUST be given if the distribution contains only part of the data offered by the Dataset." This is a substantial change from DCAT-US 1.1 and should perhaps be made more obvious.

• Rationale: Highlighting changes from DCAT-US 1.1 that require significant collection of additional information would be helpful.

• Proposed Disposition: Clearer highlighting of change from DCAT-US 1.1.

Original email submission: USEPA-ScienceHub-FAIRness.Project.-.DCAT-US-3-AP.-.Comment.Review.Matrix.xlsx

[TDabolt]

Thank you for the feedback and we will review the documentation as well as flag for implementation documentation.

[fellahst]

Added the following note in title description:

NOTE Change from DCAT-US 1.1: In this version, it is mandated that the title property MUST be provided when the distribution contains only a part of the data offered by the Dataset. This is a change from DCAT-US 1.1 and aims to enhance clarity and specificity in data distribution, so it is easier for the user to distinguish roles of different distributions.