Agencies should enrich their Enterprise Data Inventory and Public Data Listing data.json files by ensuring all data assets (including databases and web applications) include metadata for the individual datasets contained within. Including metadata for the individual datasets containted within a larger data asset makes that data more discoverable improving searchability, facilitating use, and providing a comprehensive reference for data management and coordination. The original v1.0 schema did not accommodate data collections, but with the v1.1 schema, datasets that belong to a larger collection of data should now use the isPartOf
field to reference the identifier
of a parent dataset. The parent dataset acts as a container for all the datasets in the collection so it may not have any distributions associated with it, but it can also be used to list distributions that provide consolidated or merged versions of the datasets in the collection for bulk download.
{
"@type": "dcat:Dataset",
"title": "Agency Financial Report, 2013",
"accessLevel": "public",
"contactPoint": {
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"fn": "William Joe",
"hasEmail": "mailto:William.joe@opm.gov"
},
"description": "Annual financial reports by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The reports provide OPM's audited financial statements, notes, a management discussion and analysis, and other information. The reports also help Congress, the President, and the public assess OPM's stewardship over financial resources.",
"identifier": "OPM-CFO-0007-2013",
"isPartOf": "OPM-CFO-0007",
"keyword": [
"2013",
"financial reporting",
"financial statements",
"management discussion and analysis"
],
"modified": "2013-09-30",
"publisher": {
"@type": "org:Organization",
"name": "U.S. Office of Personnel Management"
},
"temporal": "2012-10-01/2013-09-30",
"distribution": [
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"downloadURL": "http://www.opm.gov/about-us/budget-performance/performance/2013-agency-financial-report.pdf",
"mediaType": "application/pdf",
"title": "2013-agency-financial-report.pdf"
}
],
"bureauCode": [
"027:00"
],
"programCode": [
"027:000"
]
},