w3c-dcat

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:

• Dataset

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:

• ArcGIS (v2 API)
• CKAN (v3 API)
• DKAN
• GeoNode
• Junar (v2 API)
• OpenDataSoft (v2 API)
• Socrata (v1 API)

License

MIT