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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

Kind

A description following the vCard specification, e.g. to provide telephone number and e-mail address for a contact point.

Used to describe contact information for Dataset and DatasetSeries.

vcard:Kind

Distribution

An available distribution of the dataset.

Used to describe the different ways that a single dataset can be made available in. I.e., it can be downloaded or it can be accessed online in one or more distributions (e.g. one in a downloadable .csv file, another file with an access or query webpage)

dcat:Distribution

Dataset Series

A resource type.

Dataset series are defined in [ISO-19115] as a collection of datasets […] sharing common characteristics. However, their use is not limited to geospatial data, although in other domains they can be named differently (e.g., time series, data slices) and defined more or less strictly (see, e.g., the notion of "dataset slice" in VOCAB-DATA-CUBE).

With Dataset Series we refer to data, somehow interrelated, that are published separately. An example is budget data split by year and/or country, instead of being made available in a single dataset.

dcat:DatasetSeries

Data Service

A Resource type.
A collection of operations that provides access to one or more datasets or data processing functions.

The kind of service can be indicated using the dcterms:type property. Its value may be taken from a controlled vocabulary that should be defined in the community.

DRAFT EXAMPLE:

dcat:DataService

Project

A project (a collective endeavour of some kind).

Used to describe a project that is connected to one or more datasets. A resource type

foaf:Project

Resource

The class resource, everything.

This class is for grouping and class hierarchy relation purposes.

dcat:Resource