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Release date: 30/03/2016
DCAT-AP: How to extend DCAT-AP?
How to extend DCAT-AP?
Issue
The DCAT-AP is cross-border and cross-domain. Applications within a national domain, or applications in a particular domain may have different requirements and therefore may want to define extensions to the basic profile.
Current situation
Currently, two extensions of the DCAT-AP have been defined at the European level. The GeoDCAT-AP for geospatial datasets and the StatDCAT-AP for statistical datasets. Many Member States are also defining national application profiles of the DCAT-AP.
Recommendation
The main rule for extensions is:
Any extension of…