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Data Catalog Vocabulary/RPI representation of data.gov
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Data-gov wiki, a project of the Tetherless World Constellation at RPI, works on putting data.gov datasets in RDF.
One of the datasets, dataset 92, is the data.gov catalog description itself. the translation is a straightforward one from the CSV file i.e. a vocabulary is defined for each dataset.
An example of a dataset description from http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/raw/92/data-92.rdf (excerpt):
<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/vocab/p/92/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="#entry00002"> <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/2009/data-gov-twc.rdf#DataEntry"/> <url rdf:resource="http://www.data.gov/details/4"/> <title>Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) Locations</title> <agency>Department of Commerce</agency> <subagency>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</subagency> <category>Geography and Environment</category> <date_released>1991</date_released> <date_updated>Irregular as needed</date_updated> <time_period>1991 to present</time_period> <frequency>Between 4 and 10 minutes</frequency> <data_gov_data_category_type>Raw Data Catalog</data_gov_data_category_type> <specialized_data_category_designation>Geospatial</specialized_data_category_designation> <keywords>NEXRAD, WSR-88D, weather, radar, precipitation, tornado, hurricane, flood, reflectivity, rainrate, historical archive, radar scans, storm events, federal data download, federal datasets, reflectivity, mean radial velocity, spectrum</keywords> <citation><a href=" http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv%22>Historical NEXRAD and TDWR Radar Data</a></citation> <agency_program_page rdf:resource="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html"/> <agency_data_series_page rdf:resource="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarresources.html"/> <unit_of_analysis>Single Radar Volume Scan</unit_of_analysis> <granularity>longitude/latitude</granularity> <geographic_coverage>U.S., Puerto Rico, South Korea</geographic_coverage> <collection_mode>computer</collection_mode> <data_collection_instrument rdf:resource="http://www.roc.noaa.gov"/> <data_dictionary_variable_list rdf:resource="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarproducts.html"/> <technical_documentation rdf:resource="http://www.roc.noaa.gov/ssb/cm/icd_downloads.asp"/> <additional_metadata rdf:resource="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarproducts.html"/> <fgdc_compliance_geospatial_only>Yes</fgdc_compliance_geospatial_only> <kml_kmz_access_point rdf:resource="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/nexrad.kmz"/> <kml_file_size>8KB</kml_file_size> </rdf:Description>