This document specifies the constraints on properties and classes expressed by DCAT-US 3.0 in SHACL.
A note related to the access restriction
The indication of whether or not there are access restrictions on the data.
The specific NARA restriction associated with the access restriction
This property is used to give a human-readable label for the activity.
The postal code of an Address of the Kind.
The administrative area of an Address of the Kind. Depending on the country, this corresponds to a province, a county, a region, or a state.
The street name and civic number of an Address of the Kind.
The administrative area of an Address of the Agent. Depending on the country, this corresponds to a province, a county, a region, or a state.
The post code of an Address of the Agent.
The key postal division of the address, usually the city.
The street name and civic number of an Address of the Agent.
This property refers to a type of the Agent that makes the Catalog, Catalog Record, Data Service, or Dataset available
The agent property references an Agent that plays a role in the resource
The function of an entity or agent with respect to another entity or resource.
CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) banner marking is required for any unclassified information that is deemed sensitive and requires protection.
Designation Indicator shows which agency made the document CUI
free text (e.g., text of the category description or the distribution statement)
An Application Profile that the Catalog Record's metadata conforms to.
A free-text account of the Catalog Record. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the description.
The date on which the description of the Dataset was included in the Catalog.
A language used in the textual metadata describing titles, descriptions, etc. of the Catalog Record.
The most recent date on which the Catalog Record's entry was changed or modified.
A link to the Dataset, Data service or Catalog described in the Catalog Record.
The original metadata that was used in creating metadata for the datasets, data services, or catalogs in the Catalog Record.
The status of the catalog record in the context of editorial flow of the dataset and data service descriptions.
This property refers to information that indicates whether the Catalog is open data, has access restrictions or is not public.
This property refers to a catalog whose contents are of interest in the context of this catalog.
An established standard to which the described catalog conforms.
This property contains contact information that can be used for sending comments about the Catalogue.
The entity responsible for creating the resource.
This property links the Catalog with the Dataset(s) that is/are part of the Catalog.
Free-text description of the catalog (in the language indicated in the attribute).
This property refers to a related catalog that is part of the described catalog.
A homepage of the catalog (a public Web document usually available in HTML).
This property contains the main identifier for the Catalog, e.g. the URI or other unique identifier.
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
A keyword or tag describing the resource.
This property refers to a language used in the textual metadata describing titles, descriptions, etc. of the Datasets in the Catalog.
This property refers to the license under which the Catalog can be used or reused.
Most recent date on which the resource was changed, updated or modified.
Entity responsible for making the catalog available.
This property refers to a link to an Agent having some form of responsibility for the Catalog.
A record describing the registration of a single resource (e.g., a dataset, a data service) that is part of the catalog.
This property refers to a statement that specifies rights associated with the Catalogue.
This property refers to an organization holding rights on the Catalog.
This property refers to a site or end-point (Data Service) that is listed in the Catalog.
The geographical area covered by the catalog.
A temporal period that the Catalog covers.
This property refers to a category of the Catalog. A Catalog may be associated with multiple themes.
A knowledge organization system (KOS) used to classify the resources documented in the catalog (e.g., datasets and services).
The title of the catalog in the indicated language
The algorithm used to produce the subject Checksum.
A lower case hexadecimal encoded digest value produced using a specific algorithm.
This property contains the date on which the Concept Scheme has been first created.
This property contains a description of the Concept Scheme.
This property contains the date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the Concept Scheme.
This property contains the most recent date at which the Concept Scheme was changed or modified.
The title of the concept scheme in the indicated language.
This property contains a version number or other version designation of the Concept Scheme.
Definition of the controlled vocabulary term.
abbreviations or codes from code lists for an organization.
Preferred label for the controlled vocabulary term (one per language).
This property MAY include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This property is used to indicate the general standard or specification that the Data Service endpoints implement.
This property contains contact information that can be used for sending comments about the Data Service.
This property contains the date on which the Data Service has been first created.
This property refers to the Agent primarily responsible for producing the Data Service.
This property contains a free-text account of the Data Service.
A description of the services available via the end-points, including their operations, parameters etc.
The root location or primary endpoint of the service (a Web-resolvable IRI)
This property describes the spatial extent of domain of application of an data service and is standardized in WGS 84 Lat/Long coordinate system.
An ODRL conformant policy expressing the rights associated with the Data Service.
Refers to the performed quality measurements.
This property contains the main identifier for the Data Service, e.g. the URI or other unique identifier in the context of the Catalog.
This property contains a keyword or tag describing the Data Service.
This property refers to a language supported by the Data Service. This property can be repeated if multiple languages are supported in the Data Service.
This property refers to the license under which the Data Service is made available.
This property contains the most recent date on which the Data Service was changed or modified.
This property refers to an entity (organization) responsible for making the Data Service available.
This property refers to a link to an Agent having some form of responsibility for the DataService.
A statement that concerns all rights for the Data Service not addressed with dcterms:license or dcterms:accessRights, such as copyright statements.
This property refers to an Agent (organization) holding rights on the Data Service.
The Dataset that is served by this data service.
This property refers to a geographic region that is covered by the Data Service.
This property refers to the minimum spatial separation resolvable in a Data Service, measured in meters.
A temporal period that the DataService covers.
The minimum time period resolvable by the Data Service.
This property refers to a theme of the Data Service. A Data Service may be associated with multiple themes.
The title of the data service in the indicated language
This property refers to an Activity that used the Data Service.
This property refers to the frequency at which the Dataset Series is updated.
This property contains contact information that can be used for sending comments about the Dataset Series.
A free-text account of the Dataset Series.
The first dataset in an ordered dataset series, to which the current dataset belongs.
The date of formal issuance (e.g.,publication) of the Dataset Series.
The last resource in an ordered dataset series
This property contains the most recent date on which the Dataset Series was changed or modified.
An entity (organization) responsible for ensuring the coherency of the Dataset Series.
This property refers to a geographic region that is covered by the Dataset Series.
A temporal period that the Dataset Series covers.
Information that indicates whether the Dataset is open data, has access restrictions or is public.
This property refers to the frequency at which the Dataset is updated.
This property refers to an standard which the described Dataset conforms.
This property contains contact information that can be used for sending comments about the Dataset.
This property refers to an agent contributing to the Dataset.
This property contains the date on which the Dataset has been first created.
This property refers to an entity responsible for producing the dataset.
This property refers to a distribution describing the Data Dictionary.
This property contains a free-text account of the Dataset.
This property links the Dataset to an available Distribution.
the first item of the sequence the dataset belongs to
WGS84 Geographic Bounding Box for this dataset
reference to the current (latest) version of a dataset
This property refers to a related dataset that is part of the described dataset.
property referring to a quality measurement for the dataset
A related Dataset that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described Dataset.
This property contains the unique identifier for the Dataset, e.g. the URI or other unique identifier in the context of the Catalog.
A thumbnail picture illustrating the content of the dataset.
This property is about a related resource, such as a publication, that references, cites, or otherwise points to the Dataset.
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the dataset.
This property contains a keyword or tag describing the Dataset.
This property refers to a web page that provides access to the Dataset, its Distributions and/or additional information.
Distribution to "original" metadata document
The most recent date on which the Dataset was changed or modified.
A statement about the lineage of a Dataset
This property refers to an organisation responsible for making the Dataset available.
An agent having some form of responsibility for the dataset
Qualified relationship with role of the dataset with another resource
A statement that concerns all rights for the Dataset not addressed with dcterms:license or dcterms:accessRights, such as copyright statements.
This property refers to an Agent (organization) holding rights on the Dataset.
Links to a sample of an Dataset, which is a dcat:Distribution.
This property refers to a geographic region that is covered by the Dataset.
The status of the dataset in the context of maturity lifecycle.
A temporal period that the dataset covers.
Temporal resolution using xsd:duration syntax
This property contains a name given to the Dataset. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the name
The version indicator (name or identifier) of a resource
An activity that generated, or provides the business context for, the creation of the dataset
This property refers to an Activity that used the Dataset
Access restriction related to the distribution
A data service that gives access to the distribution of the dataset.
A URL that gives access to a Distribution of the Dataset.
An indication how long it is planned to keep the Distribution of the Dataset available.
This property SHOULD be used to specify the character encoding of the Distribution, by using as value the character set names in the IANA register
A mechanism that can be used to verify that the contents of a distribution have not changed.
The format of the file in which the data is contained in a compressed form, e.g. to reduce the size of the downloadable file
This property refers to an established schema or reference systems which the described Distribution conforms.
Controlled Unclassified Information restriction related to the distribution
A free-text account of the Distribution.
A URL that is a direct link to a downloadable file in a given format.
property referring to a quality measurement for the distribution
This property contains a unique identifier for the Distribution (e.g. DOI, ISBN)
A thumbnail picture illustrating the content of the distribution
The date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the Distribution.
A licence under which the Distribution is made available.
The media type of the Distribution as defined in the official register of media types managed by IANA.
The most recent date on which the Distribution was changed or modified.
The format of the file in which one or more data files are grouped together, e.g. to enable a set of related files to be downloaded together.
A page or document about this Distribution.
This property MAY be used to provide more information about the format in which an Distribution is released. This is different from the file format as, for example, a ZIP file (file format) could contain an XML schema (representation technique). In DCAT-US profile, this property SHOULD be used to express the spatial representation type (grid, vector, tin), by using the URIs of the corresponding code list operated by an approved registry.
A statement that specifies rights associated with the Distribution.
The minimum spatial separation resolvable in a dataset distribution, measured in meters.
The status of the distribution in the context of maturity lifecycle.
The minimum time period resolvable in the dataset distribution.
Use restriction related to the distribution
This property refers to an standard which the described Document conforms.
The organization responsible for creating the resource.
The person responsible for creating the document.
This property contains a unique identifier for the Document (e.g. DOI, ISBN)
The title of the document in the indicated language
the agency that manages the identifier scheme
The date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the Identiifer.
abbreviations or codes from code lists for an identifier
The name of the agency that issued the identifier.
This property specifies the address of the contact
This property specifies the family name of the person to contact
The formatted text corresponding to the name of the contact
This property specifies the given name of the person to contact
Invalid email format. Should be a URI starting with mailto:
This property specifies the name of the organization to contact
This property specifies the telephone number for telephony communication with the person or organization.
Invalid telephone format. Should be a URI starting with tel:
This property specifies the position role of the person to contact
This property provides alternative names for a location
bounding box associated location (in any coordinate system)
The geographic center (centroid) of a spatial thing
Associates a location with a corresponding geometry.
This property contains the geographic identifier for the Location, e.g., the URI or other unique identifier in the context of the relevant gazetteer.
This property MAY be used to specify the gazetteer to which the Location belongs.
This property contains a preferred label of the Location.
This property contains the denomination of the Media Type.
Represents the expected data type for the metric's observed value (e.g., xsd:boolean, xsd:double etc...)
Represents the dimensions a quality metric, certificate and annotation allow a measurement of.
alternative names (trading names, colloquial names) for an organization
abbreviations or codes from code lists for an organization (e.g. DOI, DOD)
Preferred or legal name of the organization
Represents hierarchical containment of Organizations or OrganizationalUnits; indicates an Organization which contains this Organization.
This property MAY be used to specify the affiliation of the Person to an organization.
This property contains the text of the Provenance Statement. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the name
Unit of measure associated with the value
The resource related to the source resource.
The custom attribution text for the right statement
This property refers to the type of the Standard. A controlled vocabulary for the values has not been established.
This property contains the date on which the Standard has been first created.
This property contains a free-text account of the Standard. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the description
This property contains the main identifier for the Standard, e.g. the URI or other unique identifier in the context of the Catalogue, or of a reference register
This property MAY be used to specify the reference register to which the Standard belongs.
This property contains the date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the Standard.
This property contains the most recent date on which the Standard was changed or modified.
This property contains a name given to the Standard. This property can be repeated for parallel language versions of the name
Significant information pertaining to the use or reproduction of the data.
Indication of whether or not there are use restrictions on the archival materials
The specific NARA restriction associated with the use restriction