Dataset

A resource type.
A collection of data, published or curated by a single agent, and available for access or download in one or more representations.

Used to describe one or more datasets. This describes details about the dataset(s). However, a single dataset can have different ways in which they are made available to potential users. How the data in a dataset can be accessed is defined in the Distribution.

dcat:Dataset

Catalog

A catalog that is listed in the National catalog.

Used to describe a bundle of datasets, data services, biobanks, patient registries, or guidelines together under a single title.

dcat:catalog

Agent

An entity that is associated with catalog and/or Datasets.

If the Agent is an organisation, the use of the Organization Ontologyis recommended.

foaf:Agent

Resource

Resource published or curated by a single agent.

This is an abstract class, we do not use this class, instead we use specifications of it (e.g. Dataset). This is mainly for a high level grouping and the reuse of properties.

dcat:Resource

title

A name given to the resource.

dct:title

xsd:string

The name of the catalog. This is a required field and needs to be unique. 

1..*

description

A free-text account of the record.

dct:description

xsd:string

A brief description of the catalog. It can consist of multiple strings. For example, this catalog describes breast cancer imaging datasets. 

1..*

publisher

The entity responsible for making the resource available.

dct:publisher

foaf:Agent

The organisation or a person that has published the catalog

1..*

dataset

relates every catalog to its containing datasets/

dcat:dataset

dcat:Dataset

The connection to the one or more datasets that this catalog describes.

1..*

contact point

Relevant contact information for the catalog resource.

dcat:contactPoint

vcard:Kind

Contact information that can be used, for example, for sending requests to further information or access to the Dataset.

1..*

creator

The entity responsible for producing the resource.

dct:creator

foaf:Agent

An agent (person or organisation) responsible for producing the dataset.

1..*

description

A free-text account of the record

dct:description

xsd:string

A free-text description of the Dataset. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the description.

1..*

Issuedissued

Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.

dct:issued

xsd:dateTime

NA

1..1

identifier

A unique identifier of the resource being described or catalogd.

dct:identifier

xsd:string

The main identifier for the Dataset, e.g. the URI or other unique identifier in the context of the catalog.

1..1

modified

Most recent date on which the catalog entry was changed, updated or modified.

dct:modified

xsd:dateTime

The most recent date on which the Dataset was changed or modified.

1..1

publisher

The entity responsible for making the resource available.

dct:publisher

foaf:Agent

An agent (organisation or person) responsible for making the Dataset available.

1..*

theme

A main category of the resource. A resource can have multiple themes.

dcat:theme

skos:Concept

It consists of 1 or more IRIs (links) separated by commas. When set, it specifies relevant ontology concepts that classify the dataset. Typically, these can be looked up using the Ontology Lookup Service (OLS) or Bioportal.  

1..*

title

A name given to the record.

dct:title

xsd:string

rdfs:Literal

A name given to the Dataset. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the name.

1..*

type

The nature or genre of the resource.

dct:type

skos:Concept

A type of the Dataset. A recommended controlled vocabulary data-type is foreseen.

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license

A legal document under which the resource is made available.

dct:license

dcterms:LicenseDocument

This should contain a URL that provides details regarding the license that is applicable to this dataset.

1..1

distribution

An available distribution of the dataset.

dcat:distribution

dcat:Distribution

Use this property to point to the distribution of this dataset when a distribution is available.

0..*

relation

defines a relation

dct:relation

foaf:Project

Use this property to point to the related project of this dataset when a project is available.

0..*

has version

This resource has a more specific, versioned resource [PAV].

dcat:hasVersion

xsd:string

This property refers to a related Dataset that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described Dataset.

0..*

in series

A dataset series of which the dataset is part.

dcat:inSeries

dcat:DatasetSeries

NA

0..*

end point URL

The root location or primary endpoint of the service (a Web-resolvable IRI).

dcat:endPointURL

rdfs:Resource

NA

1..*

title

A name given to the distribution.

dct:title

xsd:string

NA

1..*

end point description

A description of the services available via the end-points, including their operations, parameters etc.

dcat:endpointDescription

rdfs:Resource

xsd:string

An endpoint description may be expressed in a machine-readable form, such as an OpenAPI (Swagger) description [OpenAPI], an OGC GetCapabilities response [WFS], [ISO-19142], [WMS], [ISO-19128], a SPARQL Service Description [SPARQL11-SERVICE-DESCRIPTION], an [OpenSearch] or [WSDL20] document, a Hydra API description [HYDRA], else in text or some other informal mode if a formal representation is not possible.

0..*

serves dataset

A collection of data that this data service can distribute.

dcat:servesDataset

dcat:Dataset

NA

0..*