Distribution
A distribution is a representation of your data. You can have as many distributions as needed of a dataset. For example, one distribution in .csv, another one in .json, etc.
Mandatory Properties
Property |
Definition and usage note |
URI |
|---|---|---|
License |
This should contain a URL that provides details regarding the license that is applicable to this resource. If no suitable license can be provided, then the default license should be used: https://w3id.org/ejp-rd/resources/licenses/v1.0/. Other licenses are: Creative Commons, e.g. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Deed |
dcterms:license
|
Title |
The name of the distribution. This is a required field and needs to be unique. |
dcterms:title
|
Description |
A description of the distribution. |
dcterms:description
|
Publisher |
Pointer to the Organisation that published the resource. The range is foaf:Organisation |
dcterms:publisher
|
Version |
The version indicator (name or identifier) of a resource. The range is a rdfs:literal |
dcat:version
|
Recommended Properties
Property |
Definition and usage note |
URI |
|---|---|---|
Access Rights |
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. This should point to a URL where this information can be found. We strongly recommend that access rights are described as DUC CCE profile. |
dcterms:accessRights
|
Optional Properties
Property |
Definition and usage note |
URI |
|---|---|---|
ODRL Policy |
An ODRL conformant policy document (https://www.w3.org/TR/odrl-model/) expressing the rights and/or responsibilities associated with access to and/or use of the resource. This should point to a URL where this conformant document has been published. |
odrl:hasPolicy
|
Media type |
If you have more than one media type available for your resource and you wish to make them all accessible, you need to add another “Distribution”. Example: json. |
dcat:mediaType
|
Access URL or Download URL |
The URL from where the data can be accessed or downloaded. |
dcat:accessURL (to point to a web page from which the data can be downloaded) OR dcat:downloadURL (to point directly to the data file itself) |
Access service |
Pointer to the dcat:DataService if available |
dcat:accessService
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