DCATbased
DCATbased refers to metadata implementations, data catalogs, and data portals that are built around the Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT). DCAT is a W3C standard designed to describe data catalogs, datasets, and their distributions in a machine-readable form to improve interoperability and discovery across portals and repositories. A DCATbased catalog uses DCAT classes such as dcat:Catalog, dcat:Dataset, and dcat:Distribution to model the catalog’s structure and its content.
In a DCATbased approach, catalogs provide metadata about datasets, including titles, descriptions, publishers, themes, licenses, and
Technically, DCATbased catalogs are typically serialized in RDF formats such as Turtle, RDF/XML, or JSON-LD and
Applications include national and regional open data portals, research data repositories, and data services that aim