Confusing Use of both "Contact" and "Contact Point"

[leightonlc]

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Name: Leighton Christiansen

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Type of issue: [Schema: Class & Property

Issue: Confusing use of both "Contact" and "Contact Point"

• https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#properties-for-contact
• https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#properties-for-catalog
• https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#catalog-contactPoint
• On the Candidate Recommendation Snapshot, there is a Supporting Class: Contact https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#properties-for-contact which refers to vcard:Kind. In the Supporting Classes table https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#supporting_classes the definition uses the phrase "contact point" and states "A description following the [VCARD-RDF] specification, e.g. to provide telephone number and e-mail address for a contact point using vcard:Kind ." When you navigate to Contact https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#properties-for-contact the Definition refers to "Point of Contact information" and the Properties of the class are defined. Throughout each definition only the word "contact" is used, never the phrase "contact point." In the Core Class: Catalog https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#properties-for-catalog there is a Property called "contact point," which is again a vcard:Kind instance. When you go to the definition for Property: contact point: https://doi-do.github.io/dcat-us/#catalog-contactPoint user are instructed to use the vcard:Kind specification for contact information. However, it appears to me that Class: Contact and Property: Contact Point are asking for the same information. This means we have metadata fields where we only need one. The examples in the code https://github.com/DOI-DO/dcat-us/blob/main/docs/examples/contact-point.jsonld all say "Contact Point" and there is no example for a Class: Contact. Or maybe they need to be distinct, and I am confused as to why or I am overthinking.

Recommended change(s): Harmonize all labels and usage around the label "Contact Point" as that is consistent with DCAT v3 https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-3/#Property:resource_contact_point.