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 sèries and services; and StatDCAT-AP for describing statistical data sets.

Target audience:

Any Public Administration

Organic area :

State

Subtype data model:

Common vocabulary

Functional area:

Government and public sector , Energy

License:

EUPL (European Public License)