FAIRDataTeam/FAIRDataPoint-Spec

Incorrect use of the dct:conformsTo property?

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basharmsen commented

Hello,

When searching for a way to specify the format of a dataset I noticed that the FAIR Data Point metadata specification uses dct:conformsTo to specify the format of the metadata resource itself. For example the value of the dct:conformsTo property is https://www.purl.org/fairtools/fdp/schema/0.1/datasetMetadata in the Dataset Metadata example. I wonder whether this use of dct:conformsTo is correct because dct:conformsTo is used in DCAT to specify the standard to which the
described resource conforms (as opposed to the metadata resource, see: DCAT specifation). The usage of dct:conformsTo as described in the DCAT specification seems exactly what I need.

If I'm wrong, is there another way to specify this using the FAIR Data Point metadata specification?

Regards,

Bas Harmsen