DCAT-AP

EU open data portal DCAT profile.

Definition

DCAT-AP 2.1.1 (stable release) and 3.0 (published 2024) cover Dataset, Distribution, Catalog, ContactPoint, DataService. Adopted by data.europa.eu (EU portal), data.gouv.fr (FR), data.bund.de (DE), data.gov.uk (UK). Sectoral extensions: DCAT-AP-Stats, GeoDCAT-AP, StatDCAT-AP. Maintained by SEMIC OP, EU Commission.

Origin

DCAT-AP v1.0 published 2015 by SEMIC OP ; DCAT-AP v3.0 published 2024.

Example in context

data.gouv.fr exposes its 40000 datasets in DCAT-AP-FR v2.0 ; data.europa.eu auto-aggregates these metadata via harvesting.

Related terms

• INSPIRE — geo twin.