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DataCatalog profile

Description

A guide for how to describe data catalogs/repositories in the life-sciences using Schema.org-like annotation. Version 0.3-RELEASE-2019_07_01

Minimum properties

Name Description Cardinality
description A description of the item. one
name The name of the item. one
url URL of the item. one
keywords Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas. many
provider The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. many
conformsTo This is used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The identifier can be the url for the version of this bioschemas class on github: https://github.com/BioSchemas/specifications/blob/master/DataCatalog/jsonld/DataCatalog_v0.3-RELEASE-2019_07_01.json many
Name Description Cardinality
dataset A dataset contained in this catalog. many
alternateName An alias for the item. many
identifier The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details. many
about The subject matter of the content. one
citation A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc. many
dateCreated The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed. one
license A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL. one
sourceOrganization The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working. many

Optional properties

Name Description Cardinality
dateModified The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item's entry was modified within a DataFeed. one
encodingFormat Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see IANA site and MDN reference) e.g. application/zip for a SoftwareApplication binary, audio/mpeg for .mp3 etc.).

In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, encoding can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular encodingFormat information.

Unregistered or niche encoding and file formats can be indicated instead via the most appropriate URL, e.g. defining Web page or a Wikipedia/Wikidata entry.
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