DCAT

Info

The DCAT endpoint exposes a machine-readable catalog of all available datasets in the Design Museum Gent API v2, following the DCAT vocabulary. It is the recommended entry point for automated discovery of the API's datasets.

endpoints:

GET https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/

GET https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/dcat

Both routes return identical responses.

Response format

Data is returned as JSON-LD using the following vocabularies:

Prefix	Namespace
`dcat`	http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#
`dct`	http://purl.org/dc/terms/
`foaf`	http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
`rdfs`	http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
`owl`	https://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
`crm`	http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/

Code	Description
200	Successful request returning the data catalog
500	Server error

Catalog — `dcat:Catalog`

The top-level catalog describes the API as a whole.

Field	Description	Example
`@id`	URI of the catalog	`https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/`
`@type`	DCAT class	`dcat:Catalog`
`dct:title`	Multilingual catalog title	`"Design Museum Gent — Collection API v2"`
`dct:description`	Multilingual description	available in `nl`, `en`, `fr`
`dct:publisher`	Publishing institution	`http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1809071`
`dct:license`	License for the data	`https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/`
`dct:language`	Available languages	NLD, ENG, FRA
`dct:conformsTo`	Data standard	CIDOC-CRM
`foaf:homepage`	Documentation homepage	`https://data.designmuseumgent.be`

Datasets — `dcat:dataset`

The catalog exposes four datasets, each described as a dcat:Dataset.

Dataset	`@id`	CIDOC-CRM type
Objects	`https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/objects`	`crm:E22_Human-Made_Object`
Agents	`https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/agents`	`crm:E39_Actor`
Exhibitions	`https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/exhibitions`	`crm:E7_Activity`
Concepts	`https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/concepts`	`crm:E55_Type`

Each dataset includes:

Field	Description
`dct:title`	Multilingual title in Dutch, English and French
`dct:description`	Multilingual description in Dutch, English and French
`dct:type`	CIDOC-CRM class of the resources in the dataset
`dcat:distribution`	Distribution information including format and access URL
`dcat:endpointURL`	Direct URL to the paginated collection
`dcat:endpointDescription`	Link to the human-readable documentation page

Tips

The dcat:endpointURL of each dataset is a resolvable URL returning a Hydra paginated collection. Use ?fullRecord=true to harvest full records.

Example response

{
    "@context": {
        "dcat": "http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#",
        "dct": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/",
        "foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/",
        "owl": "https://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#",
        "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#",
        "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#",
        "hydra": "http://www.w3.org/ns/hydra/core#",
        "crm": "http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/"
    },
    "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/",
    "@type": "dcat:Catalog",
    "dct:title": [
        { "@value": "Design Museum Gent — Collectie API v2", "@language": "nl" },
        { "@value": "Design Museum Gent — Collection API v2", "@language": "en" },
        { "@value": "Design Museum Gent — API Collection v2", "@language": "fr" }
    ],
    "dct:description": [
        { "@value": "CIDOC-CRM conforme JSON-LD API die toegang biedt tot de collectie van Design Museum Gent.", "@language": "nl" },
        { "@value": "CIDOC-CRM compliant JSON-LD API providing access to the collection of Design Museum Gent.", "@language": "en" },
        { "@value": "API JSON-LD conforme au CIDOC-CRM donnant accès à la collection du Design Museum Gent.", "@language": "fr" }
    ],
    "dct:publisher": {
        "@id": "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1809071",
        "@type": "foaf:Organization",
        "foaf:name": "Design Museum Gent",
        "foaf:homepage": { "@id": "https://www.designmuseumgent.be" }
    },
    "dct:license": {
        "@id": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    },
    "dct:language": [
        { "@id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NLD" },
        { "@id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG" },
        { "@id": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FRA" }
    ],
    "dct:conformsTo": {
        "@id": "http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/",
        "rdfs:label": "CIDOC-CRM"
    },
    "foaf:homepage": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be" },
    "dcat:dataset": [
        {
            "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/objects",
            "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
            "dct:title": [
                { "@value": "Objecten", "@language": "nl" },
                { "@value": "Objects", "@language": "en" },
                { "@value": "Objets", "@language": "fr" }
            ],
            "dct:description": [
                { "@value": "Alle gepubliceerde objecten uit de collectie van Design Museum Gent.", "@language": "nl" },
                { "@value": "All published objects from the Design Museum Gent collection.", "@language": "en" },
                { "@value": "Tous les objets publiés de la collection du Design Museum Gent.", "@language": "fr" }
            ],
            "dct:type": {
                "@id": "http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E22_Human-Made_Object"
            },
            "dcat:distribution": [
                {
                    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
                    "dct:format": "application/ld+json",
                    "dcat:accessURL": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/objects" },
                    "dcat:mediaType": "application/ld+json",
                    "rdfs:label": "Paginated JSON-LD collection"
                }
            ],
            "dcat:endpointURL": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/objects" },
            "dcat:endpointDescription": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/objects" }
        },
        {
            "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/agents",
            "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
            "dct:title": [
                { "@value": "Agenten", "@language": "nl" },
                { "@value": "Agents", "@language": "en" },
                { "@value": "Agents", "@language": "fr" }
            ],
            "dct:type": {
                "@id": "http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E39_Actor"
            },
            "dcat:endpointURL": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/agents" },
            "dcat:endpointDescription": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/agents" }
        },
        {
            "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/exhibitions",
            "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
            "dct:title": [
                { "@value": "Tentoonstellingen", "@language": "nl" },
                { "@value": "Exhibitions", "@language": "en" },
                { "@value": "Expositions", "@language": "fr" }
            ],
            "dct:type": {
                "@id": "http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E7_Activity"
            },
            "dcat:endpointURL": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/exhibitions" },
            "dcat:endpointDescription": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/exhibitions" }
        },
        {
            "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/concepts",
            "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
            "dct:title": [
                { "@value": "Thesaurus", "@language": "nl" },
                { "@value": "Thesaurus", "@language": "en" },
                { "@value": "Thésaurus", "@language": "fr" }
            ],
            "dct:type": {
                "@id": "http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E55_Type"
            },
            "dcat:endpointURL": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/id/concepts" },
            "dcat:endpointDescription": { "@id": "https://data.designmuseumgent.be/v2/concepts" }
        }
    ]
}