Open Government, Germany

About Open Government, Germany

The GovData metadata catalog is a dataset entry within Germany's open government data portal, providing access to metadata managed in CKAN. The metadata can be retrieved without registration through an API, with an example query demonstrated using the search term "Kindergarten" against the CKAN action endpoint.

The endpoint is available in RDF, Turtle, and JSON-LD formats, with resource links provided for each. The underlying metadata structure follows DCAT-AP.de, a German application profile of the DCAT standard. Original metadata from the contributing agencies can additionally be searched and combined via SPARQL queries against an Apache Jena Fuseki triple store endpoint, which exposes additional metadata fields supplied by data providers beyond what is available through the CKAN API.

This resource is categorized under government and public sector data, with keywords including api, ckan, datasets, catalog, metadata, sparql, and triplestore. It was first published on 2016-03-24 and last modified on 2021-10-05.

Key features

• Metadata catalog managed in CKAN, readable via API without login
• DCAT-AP.de compliant metadata structure
• Endpoint available in RDF, Turtle, and JSON-LD formats
• SPARQL queries supported via an Apache Jena Fuseki triple store
• Triple store exposes additional metadata beyond what the CKAN API provides

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