Dataset

Thing > CreativeWork > Dataset

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Dataset
distribution	DataDownload	A downloadable form of this dataset, at a specific location, in a specific format.
includedInDataCatalog	DataCatalog	A data catalog which contains this dataset. Supersedes catalog, includedDataCatalog. Inverse property: dataset.
Properties from CreativeWork
about	Thing	The subject matter of the content.
audience	Audience	An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience.
author	Organization  or Person	The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.
award	Text	An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
character	Person	Fictional person connected with a creative work.
commentCount	Integer	The number of comments this CreativeWork (e.g. Article, Question or Answer) has received. This is most applicable to works published in Web sites with commenting system; additional comments may exist elsewhere.
contentLocation	Place	The location depicted or described in the content. For example, the location in a photograph or painting.
contributor	Organization  or Person	A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
discussionUrl	URL	A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
educationalAlignment	AlignmentObject	An alignment to an established educational framework.
educationalUse	Text	The purpose of a work in the context of education; for example, 'assignment', 'group work'.
encoding	MediaObject	A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia. Supersedes encodings.
fileFormat	Text  or URL	Media type, typically MIME format (see IANA site) of the content e.g. application/zip of a SoftwareApplication binary. In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, 'encoding' can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular fileFormat information. Unregistered or niche file formats can be indicated instead via the most appropriate URL, e.g. defining Web page or a Wikipedia entry.
hasPart	CreativeWork	Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork. Inverse property: isPartOf.
inLanguage	Language  or Text	The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language.
isBasedOn	CreativeWork  or Product  or URL	A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.
isPartOf	CreativeWork	Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of. Inverse property: hasPart.
mainEntity	Thing	Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork. Inverse property: mainEntityOfPage.
mentions	Thing	Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
provider	Organization  or Person	The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. Supersedes carrier.
publishingPrinciples	URL	Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
review	Review	A review of the item. Supersedes reviews.
sourceOrganization	Organization	The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working.
spatialCoverage	Place	The spatialCoverage of a CreativeWork indicates the place(s) which are the focus of the content. It is a subproperty of contentLocation intended primarily for more technical and detailed materials. For example with a Dataset, it indicates areas that the dataset describes: a dataset of New York weather would have spatialCoverage which was the place: the state of New York. Supersedes spatial.
temporalCoverage	DateTime  or Text  or URL	The temporalCoverage of a CreativeWork indicates the period that the content applies to, i.e. that it describes, either as a DateTime or as a textual string indicating a time period in ISO 8601 time interval format. In the case of a Dataset it will typically indicate the relevant time period in a precise notation (e.g. for a 2011 census dataset, the year 2011 would be written "2011/2012"). Other forms of content e.g. ScholarlyArticle, Book, TVSeries or TVEpisode may indicate their temporalCoverage in broader terms - textually or via well-known URL. Written works such as books may sometimes have precise temporal coverage too, e.g. a work set in 1939 - 1945 can be indicated in ISO 8601 interval format format via "1939/1945". Supersedes datasetTimeInterval, temporal.
timeRequired	Duration	Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience, e.g. 'P30M', 'P1H25M'.
translator	Organization  or Person	Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
version	Number  or Text	The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
Properties from Thing
additionalType	URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text	A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
image	ImageObject  or URL	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork  or URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. Inverse property: mainEntity.
name	Text	The name of the item.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Instances of Dataset may appear as values for the following properties

Property	On Types	Description
dataset	DataCatalog	A dataset contained in this catalog. inverse property: includedInDataCatalog.

Available properties in extensions

• For Dataset in the pending extension: variablesMeasured
• For CreativeWork in the bib extension: publisherImprint, translationOfWork, workTranslation
• For CreativeWork in the pending extension: accessibilitySummary

More specific Types

• DataFeed

Acknowledgement

This class is based upon W3C DCAT work, and benefits from collaboration around the DCAT, ADMS and VoID vocabularies. See http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas/Datasets for full details and mappings.

Schema Version 3.1