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DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe

  • Short Name :
    DCAT-AP
    Summary :
    In the context of semantic interoperability initiatives, the European Commission has defined an application profile of the DCAT vocabulary published by W3C for describing data catalogues with three key concepts: catalogue, dataset and distribution. DCAT-AP has two extensions: GeoDCAT-AP for describing geospatial datasets, dataset series and services; and StatDCAT-AP for describing statistical data sets.
    Target audience :
    Any Public Administration
    Organic area :
    State
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