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UK Cross-Government Metadata Exchange Model

A metadata model for describing data assets for exchanging between UK government organisations. This is a realisation of the UK government guidance to adopt the DCAT vocabulary for describing data.

For more details relating to the development of this metadata model, please see the about page.

Classes

Class Description
CataloguedResource Resource published or curated by a single agent.
        DataService A collection of operations that provides access to one or more datasets or data processing functions.
        Dataset A collection of data, published or curated by a single agent, and available for access or download in one or more representations.
ContactPoint Contact information
Distribution A specific representation of a dataset. A dataset might be available in multiple serializations that may differ in various ways, including natural language, media-type or format, schematic organization, temporal and spatial resolution, level of detail or profiles (which might specify any or all of the above).
Organisation Represents an Organisation

Properties

Property Description
accessRights A rights statement that concerns how the distribution is accessed
accessService A data service that gives access to the distribution of the dataset
address Address for the contact team
alternativeTitle An alternative name used as a substitute or additional access point for an in...
byteSize The filesize of the item (file) being described
contactName The name of the organisational contact to obtain further information or provi...
contactPoint The organisational contact to obtain further information or provide feedback ...
created The date, or date and time, on which the content of an information resource i...
creator The business entity responsible for creating or compiling the original conten...
description A concise narrative of the content of an information resource
distribution An available distribution of the dataset
downloadURL The electronic location where the item (file) being described can be found
email The e-mail address to be used to contact the organisational contact for the r...
endpointDescription A description of the services available via the end-points, including their o...
endpointURL The electronic location where the item (file) being described can be found
identifier A unique number, code, or reference value assigned to an information resource...
issued The date, or date and time, on which an information resource was originally p...
keyword Uncontrolled terms (words or phrases) assigned to describe an information res...
licence Reference to the legal document outlining access and usage rights for an info...
mediaType The file format or encoding method of the item (file) being described
modified The date, or date and time, on which the content of an information resource i...
publisher The business entity responsible for making an information resource publicly a...
relatedResource A resource that bears a close relationship to the described resource
securityClassification An information security designation that identifies the minimum level of prot...
servesData A collection of data that this data service can distribute
serviceStatus The status of the resource in the context of a particular workflow process
serviceType The nature or genre of the resource
summary A short textual summary of the resource with a maximum length of 250 characte...
telephone Telephone number for the contact team
theme Topic
title The full and formal name given to an information resource
type The type of the resource being defined
updateFrequency The time interval at which new or updated versions of an information resource...
version The version indicator (name or identifier) of a resource

Enumerations

Enumeration Description
AccessRightsValues
FrequencyValues
OrganisationValues
SecurityClassificationValues
ServiceStatusValues
ServiceTypeValues

Types

Type Description
Boolean A binary (true or false) value
Curie a compact URI
Date a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar
DateOrDatetime Either a date or a datetime
Datetime The combination of a date and time
Decimal A real number with arbitrary precision that conforms to the xsd:decimal speci...
Double A real number that conforms to the xsd:double specification
Float A real number that conforms to the xsd:float specification
Integer An integer
Jsonpath A string encoding a JSON Path
Jsonpointer A string encoding a JSON Pointer
Ncname Prefix part of CURIE
Nodeidentifier A URI, CURIE or BNODE that represents a node in a model
Objectidentifier A URI or CURIE that represents an object in the model
Sparqlpath A string encoding a SPARQL Property Path
String A character string
Time A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any particular...
Uri a complete URI
Uriorcurie a URI or a CURIE

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