RFC D02: Dataset v2 - Organisation

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RFC D02: Dataset v2 - Organisation

Summary & Motivation:

This RFC introduces a new organisation and publisher definitions that will be used to replace the publisher property of the Dataset metadata specification. These new definitions will allow us to capture more information about the publisher and will also allow the publisher to provide default values - contactPoint, accessRights, datauseLimitations and dataUseRestrictions for all of their datasets.

Authors:

• A. Milward (MetadataWorks)
• D. Milward (MetadataWorks)
• S. Varma (HDR UK)

Detailed List Of Changes:

This RFC is limited to the creation of two new definitions organisation and publisher and it's use to define the publisher property of the dataset specification which is listed below:

New/Modified Definitions:

• eightyCharacters:
  • New string format limited to (2,80) characters
• longDescription:
  • New string format limited to (5,5000) characters
• organisation:
  • identifier: Organisation Identifier using grid.ac. identifiers (Optional)
  • name: Organisation Name
  • logo: Organisation Logo URI
  • about: Organisation description URI
  • contactPoint: Organisation Contact Point
• member:
  • Extends organisation definition to include additional properties
  • memberOf: Organisation Membership
  • accessRights: Organisation Default Access Rights
  • deliveryLeadTime: Delivery lead Time
  • accessService: Data Access Service
  • dataUseLimitation: Data Use Limitation
  • dataUseRestriction: Data Use Restriction

Required Properties:

• publisher:
  • Moved string (2,80) character limit to use new anyOf member or organisation object definition

Breaking Changes:

• publisher:
  • Converting a single (2,80) string format to use the new publisher object definition

Unresolved Questions:

• None