Resource

class fdp.resource.Resource(fair_data_point: FairDataPoint = None, iri: str = None, uuid: str = None, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: FairDataPointItem

Class representing a DCAT dcat:Resource entity.

This class provides common metadata fields shared by all DCAT resource types, such as Catalog, Dataset, or DataSeries. It serves as a base class defining core descriptive, provenance, and administrative properties.

RDF Class

dcat:Resource

Common subclasses

• Catalog

• Dataset

• DataSeries

Supported Resource Properties

• creator

• description

• issued

• license

• publisher

• theme

• title

• version

property creator

The dcterms:creator property.

Type:

str, FOAFAgent, Graph

Return type:

fdp.foaf.FOAFAgent

Returns:

The resource’s creator.

property description

The dcterms:description property.

A free-text description of the resource.

Type:

str, rdflib.term.Literal, rdflib.graph.Graph

Return type:

str

Returns:

The resource’s description.

property issued

The dcterms:issued property.

The date the resource was formally issued or published.

Type:

str, datetime.date, rdflib.graph.Graph, rdflib.term.Literal,

Return type:

datetime.date

Returns:

The publication or release date in ISO 8601 format.

property license

The dcterms:license property.

The license or rights statement under which the resource is made available.

Type:

str, rdflib.term.URIRef, rdflib.graph.Graph

Return type:

str

Returns:

A reference to the license resource or a literal text description.

Note

must follow recommendation from: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/release/dcat-ap-how-refer-licence-documents-and-licence-uris

property publisher

The dcterms:publisher property.

The entity responsible for making the resource available.

Type:

str, FOAFAgent, rdflib.graph.Graph

Return type:

fdp.foaf.FOAFAgent

Returns:

The publisher, typically a FOAF Agent.

property theme

The dcat:theme property.

The main category or subject of the resource.

Type:

str, rdflib.term.URIRef

Return type:

str

Returns:

The resource’s theme.

Note

a list of themes can be found here: https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme

Warning

Currently, only a single theme value is supported. The interface may change in future versions to support multiple themes.

property title

The dcterms:title property.

The human-readable title of the resource.

Type:

str, rdflib.term.Literal, rdflib.graph.Graph :rtype: str

Returns:

The preferred label or name of the resource.

property version

The dcat:version property.

The version identifier for the resource.

Type:

str, int, Tuple[int, int, int], fdp.version.Version, rdflib.graph.Graph, rdflib.term.Literal

Return type:

fdp.version.Version

Returns:

The version of the resource in one of the supported formats.