Metadata Resources for Schema v1.1

This section provides further background and resources to assist agencies in implementing the Project Company Data Metadata Schema v1.1.

In addition to template and sample files we also produce Project Company Data Metadata schema in JSON schema format. JSON schema describes a JSON data format. It can be used to automatically validate Data.json files and to generate forms for creating JSON.

Terms and Abbreviations

• JSON - JavaScript Object Notation
• DCAT - Data Catalog Vocabulary
• CKAN - CKAN software
• Schema.org - schema.org
• JSON Schema - JSON Schema docs and specification
• JSON-LD - JSON-LD docs and specification

JSON Schema Files

• 1.1 Schema. The Catalog schema includes by reference the Dataset, Distribution, ODRL Policy, Organization, and vCard schemas.

Sample Data Files

• JSON - Minimum Requirements
• JSON - With Extended Fields