Issue National implementations of DCAT-AP may face difficulties to manage appropriately the quality of their metadata. The related issue is available here. Current situation Metadata quality is…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue Implementers do not have the possibility to provide information about the format of files (dcat:mediaType) within a package (e.g. ZIP file). The discussion on the issue is available here.…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue DCAT-AP includes a single property to refer to an Agent (person or organisation) related with a dataset: publisher. While in some national profiles, additional Agent roles are defined (e.g…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue RDF requires every entity in the graph to have a URI in order to allow making assertions about the entity. As these URIs are created when the graph is created, the URIs are usually minted…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue URI needs to be available for the publisher to reference the organisation responsible for making the dataset available in the dataset description. The discussion on the issue is available…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue Publishers of data need to be able to handle the various situations in which URIs do not deliver metadata about the resource. The discussion on the issue is available here. Current situation A…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue The use of the MDR vs. Geonames vs. the Core Location Vocabulary URIs seems to be confusing. The discussion on the issue is available here. Current situation DCAT-AP version 1.1 lists a…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue The modelling difference between publisher and contact point made by DCAT and DCAT-AP may be hard to understand for implementers. The previous discussions regarding this issue are available…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue In some cases, accessURL might not be needed and the information in downloadURL and accessURL is duplicated. The fact that downloadURL is considered as a specific form of accessURL but…
RELEASECreated: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Issue Several initiatives faced similar issues while implementing DCAT-AP. As a consequence, many European, national or regional initiatives respond to this challenge by creating guidelines on how to…
RELEASECreated: 13/03/2017Updated Date: 08/11/2017
How to use the MDR data themes vocabulary? Issue National implementations of DCAT-AP may use national classifications for published datasets, partly because such national classifications pre-existed…
RELEASECreated: 30/03/2016Updated Date: 08/11/2017
Overview of tools In order to facilitate the implementation of DCAT-AP, many implementers have developed tools such as validators, harvesters and exporters of DCAT-AP metadata. If you are a developer…
RELEASECreated: 30/03/2016Updated Date: 16/05/2018