clarifying usage of dct:language with multi-language datasets
authorfmaali
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:41:48 +1100
changeset 612 c9c693c05984
parent 611 b390f5a17a64
child 613 949f82b9be98
clarifying usage of dct:language with multi-language datasets
dcat/index.html
--- a/dcat/index.html	Wed Oct 30 16:16:43 2013 +1100
+++ b/dcat/index.html	Wed Oct 30 18:41:48 2013 +1100
@@ -679,7 +679,13 @@
      <a href="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2.html">2</a>) SHOULD be used.
   <br/>
 If a ISO 639-1 (two-letter) code is defined for language, then its corresponding IRI SHOULD be used; if no ISO 639-1 code is defined, then IRI corresponding to the ISO 639-2 (three-letter) code SHOULD be used.</td></tr>
-    <tr><td class="prop">Usage note:</td><td>This overrides the value of the <a href="#Property:catalog_language">catalog language</a> in case of conflict.</td></tr>
+    <tr><td class="prop">Usage note:</td><td>
+    <ul>
+    <li>This overrides the value of the <a href="#Property:catalog_language">catalog language</a> in case of conflict.</li>
+    <li>
+    If the dataset is available in multiple languages, use multiple values for this property. If each language is available separately, define an instance of dcat:Distribution for each language and describe the specific language of each distribution using dct:language (i.e. the dataset will have multiple dct:language values and each distribution will have one of these languages as value of its dct:language property).
+    </li>
+    </ul></td></tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
 </section>
@@ -777,7 +783,7 @@
   <thead><tr><th>RDF Property:</th><th><a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#contactPoint">dcat:contactPoint</a></th></tr></thead>
   <tbody>
     <tr><td  class="prop">Definition:</td><td>Link a dataset to relevant contact information which is provided using VCard [[VCARD]].</td></tr>
-    <tr><td class="prop">Range:</td><td><a href="http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#VCard">vcard:VCard</a></td></tr>
+    <tr><td class="prop">Range:</td><td><a href="http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#Kind">vcard:Kind</a></td></tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
 </section>
@@ -1051,6 +1057,7 @@
 <li> Section 4.1: the provided example is extended with example usage of properties dct:spatial, dct:temporal and dcat:contactPoint</li>
 <li>Section 5.4 Property: access URL; definition and usage note texts clarified</li>
 <li>Section 5.4 Property: download URL; usage note saying "this value is a URL" is removed as it is confusing given that the range is rdfs:Resource  </li>
+<li>Section 5.1 Property: contact point; change range from vcard:VCard to vcard:Kind. These two classes are equivalent however vcard:VCard is deprecated. </li>
 </ul>
 
 <p> Changes since <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-vocab-dcat-20130312/">W3C Last Call working Draft 12 March 2013</a>: </p>