Data standards

Standards, schemas, and related resources — this category will continue to be built out in response to Federal Data Strategy Action 20, which calls for a data standards repository to accelerate the creation and adoption of data standards across agencies

DCAT-US Schema v1.1 (Project Open Data Metadata Schema)

How to use Project Open Data Metadata Schema guidelines to document and list agency datasets and application programming interfaces (APIs) for hosting at agency.gov/data and currently in use at data.gov

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, Project Open Data Metadata Schema, data standards, data inventory

DCAT-US Schema v3.0

Reference documentation for DCAT-US v3.0, the federal metadata standard for documenting datasets, APIs, and data services. Use this reference to build or validate your agency's data inventory.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory, data standards

DCAT-US Schema v3.0 Catalog fields

Field-level reference for the DCAT-US v3.0 Catalog class. A Catalog is the top-level container for an agency's data inventory.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

DCAT-US Schema v3.0 DataService fields

Field-level reference for the DCAT-US v3.0 DataService class. DataService is new in v3.0 and describes an API or other service that provides programmatic access to one or more datasets.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory, API

DCAT-US Schema v3.0 DatasetSeries fields

Field-level reference for the DCAT-US v3.0 DatasetSeries class. DatasetSeries is new in v3.0 and groups related datasets published over time or across versions under a single series record.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

DCAT-US Schema v3.0 Distribution fields

Field-level reference for the DCAT-US v3.0 Distribution class. A Distribution describes a specific file or access point for a dataset.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

DCAT-US Schema v3.0 Supporting classes

Reference for the DCAT-US v3.0 supporting classes. These classes are referenced from Dataset, Distribution, Catalog, DataService, and DatasetSeries.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

DCAT-US Schema v3.0 — Dataset fields

Field-level reference for the DCAT-US v3.0 Dataset class. The Dataset is the primary unit of a federal data inventory.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT)

DCAT is an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web. DCAT-US (used in the Project Open Data Metadata Schema) is based on this W3C data schema.

Source

W3C

Keywords

DCAT, data schema, data standards

Documenting APIs

Further guidance on using the Project Open Data Metadata Schema guidelines to document application programming interfaces (APIs) in data.json files for hosting at agency.gov/data.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

API, DCAT, Project Open Data Metadata Schema, open data, data inventory

Federal Geographic Data Committee Geospatial Standards

A list of FGDC-endorsed standards. Federal agencies that collect, use, or disseminate geographic information and/or carry out related spatial data activities should use FGDC-endorsed standards both internally and through their activities involving partners, grants, and contracts.

Source

Federal Geographic Data Committee

Keywords

geospatial, data standards

Improving Discoverability, Usability and Governance of Priority Agency Data

To improve the discoverability, usability, and governance of these priority agency data assets agencies shall apply the documenting techniques illustrated below.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, Project Open Data Metadata Schema, data standards, data inventory

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards Catalog

ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 164 national standards bodies. The date field in The Project Open Data Metadata Schema (DCAT-US v1.1) is one example of an ISO standard applied in government.

Source

iso.org

Keywords

data standards

Metadata Resources and Field Mappings under the Project Open Data Metadata Schema (DCAT-US Schema v1.1)

Provides further background and resources to assist agencies in implementing the Project Open Data Metadata Schema v1.1. Maps fields from the current version of DCAT-US v1.1 to the previous version of the schema (v1.0), as well as other schemas (CKAN API, DCAT, and Schema.org).

Source

data.gov

Keywords

open data, data standards, data schema, DCAT, Project Open Data Metadata Schema, open data, data inventory

Migrating from DCAT-US v1.1 to v3.0

A step-by-step guide to updating your existing v1.1 data.json file to be valid against the DCAT-US v3.0 schema.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

Migrating from DCAT-US v1.1 to v3.0

A step-by-step guide to updating your existing v1.1 data.json file to be valid against the DCAT-US v3.0 schema.

Source

data.gov

Keywords

data schema, open data, DCAT, DCAT-US, metadata standard, data inventory

Schema.org

Through an open community process, schema.org creates, maintains, and promotes schemas for structured data on the Internet. The schema.org vocabulary is used along with the Microdata, RDFa, or JSON-LD formats to add information to Web content.

Source

schema.org

Keywords

data schema, data standards