Toolkit¶
The toolkit in EntryScape Registry is intended for data catalogs following the DCAT-AP specification.
The validation tool is designed to facilitate improving the quality of harvested metadata and provide feedback on six of the main DCAT-AP entities: catalog, dataset, distribution, data service, organization and contact point. The idea is to be able to test the different functions and if you want them to run regularly, add them as a processing step in the harvesting flow (Pipelines) by an administrator.
Please note that the toolkit works with the currently loaded data catalog and nothing else.
Load a catalog source¶
Under "Catalog" you can load a catalog with DCAT-AP metadata. You can either upload the catalog as a file, paste a link to it, or paste the markup for the catalog data directly into the large input field. There are two tabs, one for the RDF/XML format and one for RDF/JSON.
If you want to test how the available functionality works without having your own catalog ready, click on the "Load example" tab. This will load a sample catalog for you to test with.
Validate the catalog metadata¶
Once you have loaded your catalog, you can click the "Validation results" button at the bottom (or "Validate" in the left menu) to see the results.
Any validation problems are flagged per entity type and it is possible to click on each individual list item to see detailed information.
Merging several catalogs¶
To merge several DCAP-AP catalogs into one, first load the main catalog which you want to merge other catalogs into. Then you can add the other catalogs by clicking the "+ Add" button. Datasets and all other entities (except for the catalog itself) in the other catalogs are then added to the chosen main catalog.
You can then view the merged metadata in the main catalog on the "Catalog" tab and if you want to download it, you can do so by clicking the button "Download" at the bottom of the page.
Explore a catalog¶
If you wish to explore datasets belonging to a catalog, you can click on "Explore". You can see the metadata for a dataset by clicking on in it.
Conversion tool¶
There is also a conversion tool in EntryScape Registry, but it currently only manages older versions of DCAT-AP.