GeoDCAT-AP SEMIC Core Vocabulary

This is the issue tracker for the maintenance of GeoDCAT-AP.

GeoDCAT-AP is an extension of DCAT-AP for describing geospatial datasets, dataset series, and services. It provides an RDF syntax binding for the union of metadata elements defined in the core profile of ISO 19115:2003 and those defined in the framework of the EU INSPIRE Directive. Its basic use case is to make spatial datasets, data series, and services searchable on general data portals, thereby making geospatial information better searchable across borders and sectors.

GeoDCAT-AP is a joint initiative of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), DG ENV, the Publications Office of the European Union (PO), DG CONNECT and DG DIGIT in the context of the Interoperable Europe Programme (former ISA² programme).

The latest version of GeoDCAT-AP (v3.0.0) is available:

https://semiceu.github.io/GeoDCAT-AP/releases/3.0.0/

Any problems encountered, or suggestions for new functionalities can be submitted as issues on the GeoDCAT-AP repository on GitHub. A short guideline for submitting issues can be found at SEMICeu/DCAT-AP/wiki/Submission-guidelines.

The GeoDCAT-AP specification does not replace the INSPIRE Metadata Regulation nor the INSPIRE Metadata technical guidelines based on ISO 19115 and ISO 19119. Its purpose is give owners of geospatial metadata the possibility to achieve more by providing an additional RDF syntax binding.

Structure of the repository

Implementations

Additional GeoDCAT-AP implementations are documented in the dedicated page on Joinup.

Licence

Copyright © 2024 European Union. All material in this repository is published under the licence CC-BY 4.0, unless explicitly otherwise mentioned. Any problems encountered, or suggestions for new functionalities can be submitted as issues on the GeoDCAT-AP repository on GitHub.

Webinar Overview

This section offers an overview of the webinars and events related to GeoDCAT-AP.

The table below shows webinars and events related to latest version of GeoDCAT-AP:

Title

Date

Fourth Working Group webinar on the revision of GeoDCAT-AP

14/05/2024

Third Working Group webinar on the revision of GeoDCAT-AP

23/04/2024

Second Working Group webinar on the revision of GeoDCAT-AP

12/03/2024

Introductory webinar on the revision of GeoDCAT-AP

20/02/2024

The table below shows webinars and events related to previous versions of GeoDCAT-AP:

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Title

Date

GeoDCAT-AP: Adoption and implementation experiences of the geospatial extension to DCAT-AP

16/07/2019