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DCAT

Summary

DCAT is a data format[1].

Key Facts

  • DCAT's instance of is recorded as data format[2].
  • DCAT's instance of is recorded as W3C Recommendation[3].
  • DCAT's instance of is recorded as ontology[4].
  • DCAT's instance of is recorded as OWL ontology[5].
  • DCAT's instance of is recorded as knowledge graph[6].
  • DCAT was published by World Wide Web Consortium[7].
  • DCAT's based on is recorded as FOAF[8].
  • DCAT's based on is recorded as SKOS[9].
  • DCAT's based on is recorded as Resource Description Framework[10].
  • DCAT's based on is recorded as vCard[11].
  • DCAT's based on is recorded as Dublin Core Metadata Element Set[12].
  • DCAT is part of BLOD: Biomedical Linked Open Datasets[13].
  • DCAT's catalog code is recorded as dcat[14].
  • DCAT was published on January 16, 2014[15].
  • DCAT's official website is recorded as https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/[16].
  • DCAT's main subject is metadata[17].
  • DCAT's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/[18].
  • DCAT's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/ns/dcat.rdf[19].
  • DCAT's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/ns/dcat.ttl[20].
  • DCAT's described at URL is recorded as https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/DCAT[21].
  • DCAT's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/w3c/dxwg[22].
  • DCAT's standards body is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[23].
  • DCAT's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/dcat[24].
  • DCAT's short name is recorded as DCAT[25].
  • DCAT's exact match is recorded as http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat[26].

Body

Geography

DCAT is part of BLOD: Biomedical Linked Open Datasets[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include data format[2], W3C Recommendation[3], ontology[4], OWL ontology[5], and knowledge graph[6].

History and Context

DCAT's catalog code is recorded as dcat[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source code repository url → https://github.com/w3c/dxwg
    Imported from → —
    Standards body → World Wide Web Consortium
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 2781375374
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