Possible improvements for vocexcel

[dalito]

I created this issue here instead of the official vocexcel-repo because these points are still open for discussion.

Template

• support for skos:altLabel in multiple languages. Currently it is assumed that all (comma-separated) altLabels are always given in the default language "en".
• Support different languages for collection prefLabel.
• Make multi-language data entry easier by specifying just one language per line in the concept sheet.
• Put version of template to a better place and add min. version of vocexcel required.
  This is for discussing possible future structural changes. This is not urgent but may serve as a checklist to review before the next big template-version step:
• (Maybe) Use tables instead of hard-coded cell-positions and sheet names. Tables can be found independently of their cell position and "home" sheet. This would give users more flexibility to adjust the layout. (previously suggested here)

Converter

• (Maybe) Output SKOS-XL. Then a unique ID for each translation allows to make statements on the translated concept, e.g. about provenance of the translation.
• (maybe) Support not-yet supported SKOS relations like skos:broaderTransitive, skos:narrowerTransitive

Profile

• Allow prefLabel in multiple languages (see vocexcel#1). We probably need our own SHACL vocabulary profile.

[dalito]

Voc4cat is based on version 0.4.3 of the xlsx-template of vocexcel. End of 2022, vocexcel introduced some changes in the template. There is hardly any information about the changes or the motivation for them.

0.4.3 -> 0.5.0

Note, there are significant changes between the early version of template 0.5.0 in surroundaustralia/vocexcel and the final template 0.5.0 in rdflib/vocexcel. The following list of changes is for the later rdflib version.

Breaking changes (in [sheet]):

• [Introduction] Moved version number of workbook from J11 to E11
• [Concepts, Additional Concept Properties, Collections] Data start now row 4 instead of row 3
• [Concepts] Removed language support for concepts (both language code columns were removed)
  • Comment: The future of multi-language support is unclear. The hard-coded default language "en" is now used for all labels.
• [Additional Concept Features] Sheet renamed to "Additional Concept Properties"
• [Concept Scheme] Removed "Catalogue PID" field

Non-breaking changes:

• [Concepts] Addition of new column on the right "Home Vocab IRI"
• [Additional Concept Properties] Two new columns on the right "Identifier" (A textual ID for the Concept) and "Identifier Type" (If an Identifier is given, give the IRI to its type definition.)
• [Introduction] & [Documentation] Improved content & design

0.5.0 -> 0.6.0

Breaking changes:

• None

Non-breaking changes:

• [Additional Concept Properties] Renamed the two new columns introduced in 0.5.0. Identifier -> Notation, Identifier Type -> Notation Type