Specifications, Resources, and Tools

Specifications

Data.norge.no relies on several standards and specifications. Which standard/specification you should use depends on the type of resource (dataset, concept, service, etc.) you are describing.

• DCAT-AP-NO
  Standard for describing datasets, data services, and data catalogs.
• SKOS-AP-NO-Begrep
  Governance standard for concept descriptions.
• ModelDCAT-AP-NO
  Specification for describing information models.
• CPSV-AP-NO
  Specification for describing services and events.

Resources

• Showroom on data.norge.no
  Examples of descriptions and their interconnections.
• Template for a dataset description in Turtle format (Data.norge.no on Github)
• Example of a dataset description in Turtle (Data.norge.no on Github)
• Guide for Order in Your Own House
• DCAT-AP 3
  DCAT-AP 3 from the EU that DCAT-AP-NO is based on.
• DCAT 3
  DCAT 3 from W3C that DCAT-AP is based on.
• Online trainings (SEMIC Support Centre)
  Courses in the vocabularies and specifications from the EU.

Tools Offered by Data.norge.no

Data.norge.no provides several open libraries and tools that can assist in creating descriptions.

• datacatalogtordf
  Python library that maps data catalogs to an RDF graph according to DCAT-AP-NO.
• concepttordf
  Python library that maps concept catalogs to an RDF graph according to SKOS-AP-NO.
• modelldcatnotordf
  Python library that maps information model catalogs to an RDF graph according to ModelDCAT-AP-NO.
• servicecatalogtordf
  Python library that maps service and/or event catalogs to an RDF graph according to CPSV-AP-NO.
• oastodcat
  Python library that transforms an OpenAPI specification into instances of dcat:DataService (DCAT-AP-NO).
• atlasdcat
  Python library that maps from Apache Atlas Glossary terms to DCAT metadata and vice versa.
• jsonschematordf
  Python library that maps from JSON Schema to an RDF graph according to ModelDCAT-AP-NO.
• Validation tool
  Validates dataset descriptions (DCAT-AP-NO), concept descriptions (SKOS-AP-NO), and service and event descriptions (CPSV-AP-NO) in RDF format.
• SPARQL user interface
  Tool that allows you to perform SPARQL queries on the content of Data.norge.no.

If you discover errors or omissions in these, please create an issue in the repository or contact us.