DCAT-AP is a DCAT profile for sharing information about Catalogues containing Datasets and Data Services descriptions in Europe, under maintenance by the SEMIC action, Interoperable Europe.

This Application Profile provides a minimal common basis within Europe to share Datasets and Data Services cross-border and cross-domain. [from homepage]

Prefix
dcatap
Alternative Prefixes
dcat_ap
Keywords
data service dataset dcat
Links
Homepage Repository Request Discussion
Identifier Standards
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
Missing LUI pattern
Example Local Unique Identifier
applicableLegislation   Resolve
Example CURIE
dcatap:applicableLegislation
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier applicableLegislation is used to demonstrate the providers available for DCAT AP. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Provider Name Provider Code URI
DCAT AP dcatap http://data.europa.eu/r5r/applicableLegislation
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/dcatap:applicableLegislation