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####United Kingdom Metadata

Where to Find Data

Where to find: The UK uses the data.gov.uk as a central portal for public data.

Licensing: Open Government Licence

Contact: http://data.gov.uk/contact

Portal API: http://data.gov.uk/data/api

Metadata Details

Concept Description Front-end (human-readable) National metadata schema Back-end machine-readable Required Data Type Format: pattern Cardinality Usage Notes
  1. Contact information | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1 Person | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 Contact Email - Publisher | Contact point's email address and phone number | Email / phone | - | Package.contact-email / contact-phone | No | string | - | - | - | 1.2 Contact Email - Dataset | Contact point's email address and phone number | Email / phone | - | Group.contact-email / contact-phone | No | string | - | - | - | 1.3 Organisation (Owner) | The contact point for the dataset or publisher. | Enquiries / FOI Contact | - | Package.contact-name / Package.foi-name / Group.contact-name / Group.foi-name | No | string | - | - | - | 1.4 Publisher | The organisation closest associated with the dataset – usually the publisher, but sometimes the owner / provider. | Publisher | - | Group | Yes | - | - | - | - | 1.5 Author | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 Author Email | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.7 Maintainer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 Maintainer Email | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  2. Dataset Identification | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.1 Unique Identifier | A unique identifier for the dataset | URI | - | name | Yes | string | - | - | - | 2.2 Release Date | Date the metadata was added to data.gov.uk | Added to data.gov.uk | - | metadata_created | Automated | ISO date string | - | - | - | 2.2.R Release Date | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3 Modified | Date changes were last made to the data.gov.uk metadata | Modified on data.gov.uk | - | metadata_modified | Automated | ISO date string | - | - | - | 2.3.R Modified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 Last Updated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4.R Last Updated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 Description | Human-readable description (e.g., an abstract) with sufficient detail to enable a user to quickly understand whether the asset is of interest. | Description | - | notes | Yes | markdown string | - | - | - | 2.6 Keyword | Key words or phrases that the dataset may well have in common with other datasets, to aid navigation. | Tags | - | PackageTag | No | comma separated string | - | - | - | 2.7 Frequency of Update | Frequency with which dataset is published. | Frequency of update | - | frequency-of-update (UKLP only) | No | string | - | - | - | 2.8 Title | Name given to the dataset to identify it and briefly describe it | Title | - | title | Yes | string | - | - | - | 2.9 Category | Main thematic category of the dataset. | National Statistics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  3. Extent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.1 Spatial coverage | Location bounding box for which the data is relevant. | Dataset Extent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 Spatial Type | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.3 Spatial Coordinates | - | Dataset Extent | - | spatial | No | GeoJSON string | - | - | - | 3.4 Geographic Region Name | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.5 Geographic Bounding Box - Lower Left Corner | - | Latitude / Longitude | - | bbox-west-long, bbox-south-lat | No | float | - | - | - | 3.6 Bounding Box - Upper Right Corner | - | Latitude / Longitude | - | bbox-east-long, bbox-north-lat | No | float | - | - | - | 3.7 Bounding Box - Coordinate Reference System | - | Spatial reference system | - | spatial-reference-system | No | string | - | - | - | 3.8 Geographic Bounding Box - Dimensions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.9 Temporal coverage | The period of time for which the data is relevant. | Temporal coverage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.10 Temporal coverage starts | - | - | - | temporal_coverage-from | No | ISO date string | - | - | - | 3.11 Temporal coverage ends | - | - | - | temporal_coverage-to | No | ISO date string | - | - | - | 3.12 Temporal granularity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.13 Temporal granularity factor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.14 Periodicity of data(set) collection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.15 Periodicity of the production process | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.16 Periodicity of the estimates | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.17 Temporal and spatial comparability | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.18 Periodicity of data dissemination | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.19 Data quality | Datasets are graded against Tim Berners Lee's Five Stars of Openness to give a rough indication of how open they are (as described on data.gov.uk), which is related to Data quality. | Openness score | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.20 Reference period | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  4. Supplemental Information | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.1 Documentation URL - resource | Related documents such as technical information about a dataset, developer documentation, etc. | Additional Resources | - | Resource.description, Resource.url, Resource.format | - | string | - | - | - |
  5. Distribution Information | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.1 Licence | The usage licence given to the dataset, giving rights beyond those protected in Copyright and the (UK) Database Right. | Licence | - | license_id | Yes | string code | - | - | - | 5.2 Copyright | (Data is assumed it is Crown Copyright) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.3 Size | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.4 URL - resource | URL providing direct access to the downloadable distribution of a dataset. | URL | - | Resource.url | Yes | string | - | - | - | 5.5 Homepage URL | Alternative landing page used to redirect user to a contextual, Agency-hosted “homepage” for the Dataset or API when selecting this resource from the Data.gov user interface. | Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.6 Format - resource | The file format or API type of the distribution. | Format | - | Resource.format | Yes | string | - | - | - | 5.7 Language | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Mapping Please find the metadata mapping index between G8 nations here.

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