In ISO gmd:lineage offers a sorted list of gmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:statement. The challenge we face in DCAT is that ordering in RDF is not inherently present, whereas XML offers this naturally.
When mapping the gmd:lineage statement, we have dct:provenance refer to a specific web page that (only) contains the lineage information, following the ISO structure. This page is created by a GeoNetwork formatter. This at the very least allows us to not lose the information. In a further discussion, this could be done on a more machine-readable level.
In ISO
gmd:lineage
offers a sorted list ofgmd:LI_Lineage/gmd:statement
. The challenge we face in DCAT is that ordering in RDF is not inherently present, whereas XML offers this naturally.When mapping the
gmd:lineage
statement, we havedct:provenance
refer to a specific web page that (only) contains the lineage information, following the ISO structure. This page is created by a GeoNetwork formatter. This at the very least allows us to not lose the information. In a further discussion, this could be done on a more machine-readable level.Example:
dcat_ap_vl
export: https://metadata.vlaanderen.be/api/collections/main/items/1406bf74-3057-4a70-ab26-95d293b59c8f?f=dcat_ap_vl