Closed jimjyang closed 2 years ago
I.e. so that we can query for "all SPARQL endpoints", "all WMS services", etc., right? @jimjyang
I would scope this request within a elaboration of the notion of distribution and data service. We have now the ability to express data services in DCAT-AP 2.0.0.
In the past SPARQL endpoint URLs were provided as distributions. Now we can state that these are data-services. So lets make the specification more clear w.r.t. to the usage of these 2 notions, and in that elaboration, we can enhance also the details of services.
During WG 15 sept 2021 and WG 21 Oct 2021, the wg was presented an approach to address the questions related to this issue. The result is an updated UML diagram and an usage guideline for Datasets, Distributions and Data Services.
Additional explanation to the expectation on optional fields and fields not mentioned but present in DCAT has been added.
dct:conformsTo (range dct:Standard) as "optional" (0..*)
The "Usage note" for "endpoint description" also mentions explicitly dct:conformsTo: "The property [endpoint description] gives specific details of the actual endpoint instances, while dct:conformsTo is used to indicate the general standard or specification that the endpoints implement."