Introduction
In the next phase of determining the metadata schema for the National Health Data Catalogue, we will implement two DCAT application profiles, DCAT-AP NL and HealthDCAT-AP. Both are extensions of DCAT-AP v3, the generic application profile of DCAT developed in the EU for EU data portals.
DCAT-AP NL
The first, DCAT-AP NL, is developed in the Netherlands by Geonovum, in collaboration with the RIVM, CBS, Kadaster, Digitaal erfgoed, Rijkswaterstaat and Health-RI. The application profile allows sharing of metadata between Dutch data portals. By implementing DCAT-AP NL into the Health-RI metadata schema, metadata in the National Health Data Catalogue will eventually be findable in other Dutch data portals.
See for the latest version of the application profile: https://geonovum.github.io/DCAT-AP-NL30/
HealthDCAT-AP
The HealthDCAT-AP profile is being developed in the EU in the context of the EHDS (European health data space). Among other things, it introduces several health-related properties in the description of Datasets. Implementing HealthDCAT-AP in the Health-RI metadata schema will allow sharing of metadata with other EU health data portals, as envisioned by the EHDS.
See for the draft version of the application profile: https://healthdcat-ap.github.io/
Relation of DCAT-AP NL and HealthDCAT-AP
The schema below sketches the relationships of the different DCAT application profiles to each other, developed at different levels (EU or nationally).
