Changes from the DCAT-AP-DONL 1.0 standard¶
The changes from DCAT-AP-DONL 1.0 to DCAT-AP-DONL 1.1 are listed below.
Note
DCAT-AP-DONL 1.0 was surprisingly poorly documented, given this, the list below may not be fully accurate. This changelog is based on 2015-04-17 Mapping Modellen_0.xslx.
New properties¶
The following properties have been introduced
Note
Most of the new properties are due to changes in the parent standard DCAT-AP-NL 1.1. These hanges will be listed, but not motivated.
- Dataset:metadataLanguage
- This new mandatory property forces providers to clarify which language is used in the metadata of a Dataset.
- Dataset:alternativeIdentifier
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:relatedResource
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:source
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:hasVersion
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:isVersionOf
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:documentation
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:provenance
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:sample
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Distribution:metadataLanguage
- This new mandatory property forces providers to clarify which language is used in the metadata of a Distribution.
- Distribution:license
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Distribution:language
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Distribution:rights
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Distribution:linkedSchemas
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Distribution:checksum
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Distribution:documentation
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
Changed properties¶
Changes have been made to every property of DCAT-AP-DONL 1.0. See the new class definitions for the new version of the classes. The most important conceptual changes are detailed and motivated below
- Standardization of values
- In order to combat the fifty different spellings of ‘Gemeente Nijmegen’ and the likes, most property ranges have been limited to a certain list of acceptable values. These lists of values contain URIs that reference resources that have acceptable values for the given property, e.g. http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/terms/Nijmegen_(gemeente).
- Promoting linked data
- Most property ranges have been limited from xml:string to xsd:anyURI. Data.Overheid.nl prefers resolvable URIs from a linked data perspective.
Removed properties¶
The following properties have been removed
Note
Most of the removed properties are due to changes in the parent standard DCAT-AP-NL 1.1. These changes will be listed, but not motivated.
- Dataset:LODStars
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:doel
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1
- Dataset:kwaliteit
- From DCAT-AP-NL 1.1