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
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.

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