Example Step 7: Add metadata

In this step we make the dataset self-describing by adding metadata. We can do this by simply adding triples to the RDF version of the dataset obtained in step 5 that describe facts about the dataset itself. Below are some examples of basic metadata for the Liander dataset.

<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> rdf:type rdfs:DataSet
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> dcterms:modified “2014-05-27”
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> rdfs:label "Liander energy usage dataset."
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> rdfs:
comment “Standardized annual energy usage of small users in the Liander domain aggregated per postcode area."
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> dcterms:creator <http://nl.dbpedia.org/resource/Alliander>
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> dcterms:date “2014-03-08”
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> dcterms:publisher <http://www.liander.nl/>
<http://data.liander.nl/id/energy> rdfs:vocabulary <http://data.liander.nl/def/energy>


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