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A utility library to create and convert dataset metadata with W3C DCAT in JSON

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w3c-dcat

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A utility library to create and convert W3C DCAT in JSON.

Primarily developed for SingularData.net

Installation

npm install w3c-dcat

Use

Support DCAT spec:

import { Dataset } from 'w3c-dcat';

// create a new dataset class
const datasetA = new Dataset();

// create a new dataset with predefined value
const datasetB = new Dataset({ title: 'New Dataset' });

// extend the dataset metadata with an key-value object
datasetA.set({ title: 'New Name' });

// get property value
console.log(datasetA.title);

// get a JSON copy of the dataset metadata
console.log(datasetB.toJSON())

// get a DCAT datset class from other open data vendor's
// dataset metadata
const datasetC = Dataset.from('ArcGIS', metadata)

TypeScript is natively supported. For more examples, please see tests and documentation.

Supported Vendor

w3c-dcat is able to convert dataset metadata from the following open data vendors:

License

MIT