The issues is that OLAC and these other uses of Dublin Core don't agree in the semantics of spatial coverage.

https://archive-intranet.ardc.edu.au/display/DOC/Spatial+coverage#:~:text=Spatial%20coverage%20refers%20to%20a,the%20focus%20of%20an%20activity.

Critical question here, is one where we ask: "what do English think geography is for language?"

Thinking deeply about:

https://twitter.com/elararchive/status/1637559068398157824?s=46&t=Zdt2jeAjeFQx6k372aS64A