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Property: version

The version indicator (name or identifier) of a resource.

URI: dcat:version

Obligation and Cardinality

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

Class Range Obligation Cardinality
CataloguedResource String Mandatory One
DataService String Mandatory One
Dataset String Mandatory One

Usage Notes

Purpose

Documenting the version number associated with the data asset.

Guidelines

The value of this field should follow the versioning scheme for the data asset. This could use semantic version or some date based approach.

If a versioning scheme has not been chosen, or this is the first or only version, put v1.0 or the date of release in the format yyyy-mm-dd.

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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