This page describes version 3.0.0 of the DCAT-AP, which is the latest release of the DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP). This current version of DCAT-AP 3.0.0 is fully aligned and compatible with the working draft of DCAT 3. In order to increase the maturity of the specification, we invite you to provide feedback during a public review period. The review period will last until 30 September 2023 after which all feedback will be integrated. Some changes to the specification we would like to highlight are: The specification is now released as HTML using the ReSpec style…

This page describes version 2.1.1 of the DCAT-AP, which is the latest release of the DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP). What has been fixed? DCAT-AP-227: update of the readme link DCAT-AP-226: fix to the cardinality dcat:dataset in UML model figure DCAT-AP-222: fix of typo in RDF representation DCAT-AP-216: fix to the SHACL expressions: sh:property should not be empty. The guidelines on identifiers usage is not part of this bugfix release. It can be discussed via the issue on GitHub A complete list of the issues and their resolution can be found on the DCAT-AP…

This page describes version 2.1.0 of the DCAT-AP, which is the latest release of the DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP). Webinars in light of DCAT-AP version 2.1.0 The SEMIC Action organised a series of webinars allowing the community to exchange and discuss the changes to be made as part of this DCAT-AP minor release: DCAT-AP webinar on 15th of September DCAT-AP webinar on 21st of October What’s new? The changes implemented in DCAT-AP version 2.1.0 are related to the following issues: Improved UML diagram in accordance with the agreed profile reading Improved…

About the Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specifications (CAMSS) CAMSS is the European guide for assessing and selecting standards and specifications for an eGovernment project, a reference when building an architecture and an enabler for justifying the choice of standards and specifications in terms of interoperability needs and requirements. It is fully aligned with the European Standardisation Regulation 1025/2012. CAMSS Assessment CAMSS Assessment is a solution which corresponds to the output of an assessment of a standard, technical specification or standard developing/setting…

What’s new? This new version 2.0.1 implements bug fix changes to the DCAT-AP version 2.0.0, addressing the comments received via GitHub. The main updates cover minor editorial changes, such as: corrections to the prefix mappings; insertion of reference on the recommendation URL of DCAT; updates to the dcterms version to the 012-06-14 version; corrections to the shacl templates; version change from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1. A complete list of the issues and their resolution can be found on the DCAT-AP GitHub.

What’s new? The changes implemented in DCAT-AP version 2.0.0 are related to the following issues: Alignment with W3C DCAT 2.0 which introduces the ability to share data services. In order to steer towards quality metadata descriptions, the implementation of a number of properties are recommended or made mandatory; Removal of non-existing controlled vocabularies adms:change_type; Addition of a new property dcatap:availability that indicates the planned availability of the distribution; Coherency improvements on the specification and its distributions; The alignment with W3C DCAT 2.0 resulted in…

What’s new? This new version 1.2.1 implements bug fix changes to DCAT-AP version 1.2 addressing comments received via GitHub: Updated references to Publications Office Metadata Registry in DCAT-AP v1.2.1 published .DOC, .PDF and .ODT, as mentioned in DCAT-AP-54: Updated references 21-27 and 41 to point from Metadata Registry (MDR) to EU Vocabularies. In Section 5.2 - Controlled vocabularies to be used, updated the entries in table column “Vocabulary name” (MDR-> EU Vocabularies) and “Vocabulary URI”. Updated DCAT-AP UML schema as in DCAT-AP-50, by changing the order of startDate and endDate in…

This page describes version 1.2 of the DCAT-AP, which is the latest release of the DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP). What’s new? The changes implemented in DCAT-AP version 1.2 are related to the comments provided in this issue from GitHub. Changed cardinality for the Licence Document class – Licence type property (dct:type) from 0… 1 to 0…n, and, as a result, this property can be repeated in the case that multiple licence types apply to a licence document. The UML schema, RDF and SCHACL distributions were updated accordingly. UML schema updated with all the…

This page describes version 1.1 of the DCAT-AP. Note: The UML diagram was corrected on 24/02/2017, fixing an error by removing the dct:creator property. In February 2015, the ISA Programme of the European Commission launched an activity to revise DCAT-AP aiming to address requests for change coming from real-life implementation of the DCAT-AP. Read more about the revision process here. The DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) is a specification based on W3C's Data Catalogue vocabulary (DCAT) for describing public sector datasets in Europe. Its basic use case is to…

The ISA² Programme of the European Commission is starting an activity to review and revise the DCAT Application Profile for Data Portals in Europe, based on experience gained since its initial specification in 2013. The revision process will take place between February and June 2015. In a first round of this activity we are inviting stakeholders to participate in this review by submitting change requests and additional suggestions that can be taken into account. Meetings of the DCAT-AP revision Members of the revision Working Group will be invited to a number of online meetings. The following…

DCAT-AP v1.1 is now available. Find out more here. This interoperability solution page describes version 1.0 of DCAT-AP, which is the currently adopted release. In February 2015, the ISA Programme of the European Commisison launched an activity to revise DCAT-AP aiming to release a new version in July 2015. For more information about the revision and to file change requests, please refer to DCAT-AP revision. The DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) is a specification based on the Data Catalogue vocabulary (DCAT) for describing public sector datasets in Europe. Its…

The DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) is a specification based on the Data Catalogue vocabulary (DCAT) for describing public sector datasets in Europe. Its basic use case is to enable a cross-data portal search for data sets and make public sector data better searchable across borders and sectors. This can be achieved by the exchange of descriptions of data sets among data portals. This final draft is open for public review until 15 July 2013 (extended deadline). Members of the public are invited to download the specification and post their comments directly on this…