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Release date: 30/03/2016
DCAT-AP: How to model and express provenance?
How to model and express provenance? Issue The DCAT model treats the descriptions of datasets in a catalogue as entities that only exist in the context of the catalogue, and does not consider situations where these descriptions are imported from and exported to other catalogues. In an environment where descriptions of datasets are exchanged among data portals, the situation that DCAT-AP is designed for, it may be important for users to understand where data comes from and how it may have been modified along the way. For example, it could support credibility of a dataset to know which…