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Property: email

The e-mail address to be used to contact the organisational contact for the resource as listed in the contact name.

URI: vcard:hasEmail

Obligation and Cardinality

The table below details the classes which use this property and the conditions of its use.

Class Range Obligation Cardinality
ContactPoint String
Regex pattern: ^\S+@[\S+\.]+\S+
Mandatory One

Usage Notes

Purpose

Use of contact e-mail, along with contact name, provides an avenue for users to provide feedback or request additional information about a resource to assist in determining its relevance and potential use, or in understanding and interpreting the content.

Guidelines

Use all lower case letters for the e-mail address.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://github.com/co-cddo/ukgov-metadata-exchange-model/blob/main/src/model/uk_cross_government_metadata_exchange_model.yaml

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