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Distribution contains a title, the dataset does not #15

Closed rwwh closed 5 years ago

rwwh commented 5 years ago

I expected to have a title for a data set, each distribution is equivalent and should use the same title? In the current model, the distribution has a "title", the dataset has a "description".

If a distribution can contain a subset of a dataset, I am misunderstanding the model and the documentation may need to be augmented.

TomMiksa commented 5 years ago

For the compliance with the W3C DCAT specification we have title and description in both Dataset and the Distribution. I agree that in some cases these might be identical, but in most cases the Dataset represents a more abstract concept, while the distribution can point to a specific file.

https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#Class:Dataset https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/#Class:Distribution

We may need to provide more examples.

paulwalk commented 5 years ago

I have added the following to the descriptions of dataset/title and distribution/title:

Title is a property in both Dataset and Distribution, in compliance with W3C DCAT. In some cases these might be identical, but in most cases the Dataset represents a more abstract concept, while the distribution can point to a specific file.

I have added the following to the descriptions of dataset/description and distribution/description:

Description is a property in both Dataset and Distribution, in compliance with W3C DCAT. In some cases these might be identical, but in most cases the Dataset represents a more abstract concept, while the distribution can point to a specific file.

I will commit these changes later today. I am closing this issue now.