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Distribution

A physical embodiment of the Dataset in a particular media format.

Used to describe the different ways that a single dataset can be made available in. I.e., it can be downloaded or it can be accessed online in one or more distributions (e.g. one in a downloadable .csv file, another file with an access or query webpage)

dcat:Distribution

Dataset Series

A resource type.

Dataset series are defined in [ISO-19115] as a collection of datasets […] sharing common characteristics. However, their use is not limited to geospatial data, although in other domains they can be named differently (e.g., time series, data slices) and defined more or less strictly (see, e.g., the notion of "dataset slice" in [VOCAB-DATA-CUBE]).

With "dataset series" we refer to data, somehow interrelated, that are published separately. An example is budget data split by year and/or country, instead of being made available in a single dataset.

dcat:Dataseries

Data Service

A Resource type.
A collection of operations that provides access to one or more datasets or data processing functions.

The kind of service can be indicated using the dcterms:type property. Its value may be taken from a controlled vocabulary that should be defined in the community.

DRAFT EXAMPLE: There are xx types of services in health-ri, those that query safe Health-ri offers ??distinct service categories: one that allows querying of secure data/metadata via through an interface, and those that do not serve data but rather provide analytical or statistical services on potentially sensitive data. The former is associated with the Dataset record from which it serves while the latter is associated with another that offers analytical or statistical insights without directly serving the data, especially if it's sensitive. The first type is linked to the Dataset record it derives from, while the second is connected to a Catalog.

dcat:DataService

Project

A project (a collective endeavour of some kind).

Used to describe a project that is connected to one or more datasets. A resource type

foaf:Project

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