The DCAT-AP conversion to a LinkML Schema is the intended point of truth for the DCAT-AP+ schema, but could be used alternatively as a LinkML representation of DCAT-AP for other Projects. It is a port of DCAT-AP to the LinkML world that is as faithful to the original as possible. This Persistent Identifier does not only provide the SHACL Shape, but could also be used as described [here](https://github.com/perma-id/w3id.org/tree/cecbc2e5f40d928f05ed5306d24fc60db0e7bb21/nfdi-de/dcat-ap-plus). DCAT-AP+ is a [LinkML](https://linkml.io/)-based extension of the [DCAT Application Profile 3.0](https://semiceu.github.io/DCAT-AP/releases/3.0.0/) that adds a provenance layer for describing how a dataset was generated and what it is about, using the [Starting Point Terms of PROV-O](https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#description-starting-point-terms), the [QUDT ontology](https://www.qudt.org/), and [Dublin Core Terms](http://purl.org/dc/terms/).