I'm hoping that someone from the JSC can explain better, but it looks
to me that a cartographic dataset has come particular characteristics.
Section 3.19.7.3 of RDA says:
3.19.7.3 R ecording Digital Representation of
Cartographic Data
For digitally encoded cartographic data, record the following
information if it can be readily ascertained and is considered
important for identification or selection:
? data type (i.e., raster, vector, or point)
? object type (i.e., point, line, polygon, or pixel)
? number of objects used to represent spatial information.
The definition in chapter 6 of RDA for computer dataset says:
Content expressed through a digitally encoded dataset intended to be
processed by a computer. Includes numeric data, environmental data,
etc., used by applications software to calculate averages,
correlations, etc., or to produce models, etc., but not normally
displayed in its raw form. For data intended to be perceived visually
in the form of notation, image, or three-dimensional form, see notated
movement, notated music, still image, text, three-dimensional form,
three-dimensional moving image and two-dimensional moving image. For
data intended to be perceived in an audible form, see performed music,
sounds, and spoken word. For cartographic data see cartographic dataset.
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I can't explain WHY this is the case, but at least there is evidence
in RDA that the two were thought of differently.
As for the possible use of dc:dataset, one thing to remember is that
every RDA property is associated with a single FRBR entity. (Which is
why there are things like "Extent(Manifesation)" and "Extend(Item)".
None of the DC terms are bound to a FRBR entity, so they would be more
general than an RDA property of similar semantics.
kc
Quoting Brunella Longo <brunella.lo...@yahoo.com>:
Is there any rationale for having two RDA content terms
("cartographic dataset" and "computer dataset") instead of just the
simple DC 'dataset'?
See
- http://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdacontent.html
- http://metadataregistry.org/search?term=dataset?
- http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Dataset-003
- http://openuplabs.tso.co.uk/datasets
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