COMMONS13 — Commons silently changes the semantics of dct:description

The definition in Commons Annotation Vocabulary is not a mere copy of what's in DCT with the documented addition of making it a owl:AnnotationProperty, but adds the triple :
<rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="&skos;note"/>
That may or may not be a good idea but it adds a dependency and it's a significant change that should be flagged.
In fact, given that SKOS itself makes use of DCT, that makes for a somewhat undesirable circular dependency though not formally stated.

If an aim is some sort of unification then maybe skos:definition should be made a subProperty of dct:description.

Refine annotation hierarchy for better alignment

The issue makes a good point regarding normalizing the hierarchy among external annotation properties, despite the fact that OWL reasoners ignore these kinds of axioms.

The RTF determined that we should not only improve that hierarchy in a few cases but make a statement about why we've done so in the ontology metadata.