This page describes the public review version of DCAT-AP 3.0.0 for High-Value Datasets (HVD), which is the latest release of the annex.
This annex is compatible with DCAT-AP 3.0.0 and its previous version DCAT-AP 2.1.1.
About DCAT-AP HVD
DCAT-AP HVD offers users of DCAT-AP the possibility to adhere to the High-Value Datasets Implementing Regulation (HVD IR) with little additional effort on top of existing DCAT-AP implementations. The HVD IR was adopted by the European Commission in December 2022 as part of their data strategy and the growing importance of data, in particular for datasets that have been identified as being of high value.
DCAT-AP HVD captures the key notions of the HVD in a uniform way, which assists the implementation of the HVD IR and enables cross-data portal search for data sets, making public sector data better searchable across borders and sectors.
The most important changes to version 3.0.0 of the specification are the following:
Updates to several sections to capture the most up-to-date information for reporting on High-Value Datasets.
Extended insights reflecting the obligations under the HVD Implementing Regulation in the DCAT-AP guidelines, for example reporting requirements for the Member States.
Improved usage guidelines.
Several alignments with DCAT-AP 3.0.0, the most important one being the inclusion of Dataset Series.
The full changelog can be found here. Additionally, several issues raised by the community were also resolved, find the full list here.
Documentation
The HTML specification of DCAT-AP HVD 3.0.0 is available here.
License
Copyright © 2024 European Union. All material in this release is published under the licence CC-BY 4.0, unless explicitly otherwise mentioned.