Wordsmithing usage-notes for language

dcat/index.html

@@ -1000,15 +1000,16 @@ <h4>Property: language</h4>
             <table class="definition">
                 <thead><tr><th>RDF Property:</th><th><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/language">dct:language</a></th></tr></thead>
                 <tbody>
-                <tr><td class="prop">Definition:</td><td>A language of the item. This refers to the language used in the contents of the item such as the textual metadata describing titles etc of resources (dataset and services) or the textual values of the dataset distributions</td></tr>
+                <tr><td class="prop">Definition:</td><td>A language of the item. This refers to the natural language used for textual metadata (i.e. titles, descriptions, etc) of a catalogued resource (i.e. dataset or service) or the textual values of a dataset distribution</td></tr>
                 <tr><td class="prop">Range:</td><td><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/LinguisticSystem"><code>dct:LinguisticSystem</code></a>
                     <br>
                     Resources defined by the Library of Congress (<a href="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-1.html">1</a>,
                     <a href="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2.html">2</a>) <em title="SHOULD" class="rfc2119">SHOULD</em> be used.
                     <br>
                     If a ISO 639-1 (two-letter) code is defined for language, then its corresponding IRI <em title="SHOULD" class="rfc2119">SHOULD</em> be used; if no ISO 639-1 code is defined, then IRI corresponding to the ISO 639-2 (three-letter) code <em title="SHOULD" class="rfc2119">SHOULD</em> be used.</td></tr>
-                <tr><td class="prop">Usage note:</td><td>If the item is available in multiple languages, use multiple values for this property. A more specific property (e.g. dataset or service) overrides a catalog language in case of conflict.
-                     If each language is available separately for a dataset, define an instance of <code>dcat:Distribution</code> for each language and describe the specific language of each distribution using <code>dct:language</code> (i.e. the dataset will have multiple <code>dct:language</code> values and each distribution will have one of these languages as value of its <code>dct:language</code> property).</td></tr>
+                <tr><td class="prop">Usage note:</td><td>Repeat this property if the resource is available in multiple languages.</td></tr>
+                <tr><td class="prop">Usage note:</td><td>The value(s) provided for members of a catalog (i.e. dataset or service) override the value(s) provided for the catalog if they conflict.</td></tr>
+                <tr><td class="prop">Usage note:</td><td>If representations of a dataset are available for each language separately, define an instance of <code>dcat:Distribution</code> for each language and describe the specific language of each distribution using <code>dct:language</code> (i.e. the dataset will have multiple <code>dct:language</code> values and each distribution will have just one as the value of its <code>dct:language</code> property).</td></tr>
                 </tbody>
             </table>
         </section>

dcat/rdf/dcat.ttl

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ dct:hasPart
   skos:scopeNote "See also: Sub-properties of dct:hasPart in particular dcat:dataset, dcat:catalog, dcat:service." ;
   skos:scopeNote "This is the most general predicate for membership of a catalog. Use of a more specific sub-property is recommended when available. " ;
 .
+dct:language
+  skos:scopeNote "Repeat this property if the resource is available in multiple languages." ;
+  skos:scopeNote "The value(s) provided for members of a catalog (i.e. dataset or service) override the value(s) provided for the catalog if they conflict." ;
+  skos:scopeNote "If representations of a dataset are available for each language 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 just one as the value of its dct:language property)." ;
+.
 dct:relation
   skos:scopeNote "In the context of a dcat:Relationship this is expected to point to another dcat:Dataset or other catalogued resource" ;
   skos:scopeNote "See also: Sub-properties of dct:relation in particular dcat:distribution, dct:hasPart, dct:isPartOf, dct:conformsTo, dct:isFormatOf, dct:hasFormat, dct:isVersionOf, dct:hasVersion, dct:replaces, dct:isReplacedBy, dct:references, dct:isReferencedBy, dct:requires, dct:isRequiredBy" ;