DCAT application profile. A common vocabulary for describing datasets hosted in data portals in Europe, based on the DCAT.

Data catalogue vocabulary. RDF vocabulary for interoperability of data catalogues.

A collection of related sets of data that is composed of separate elements but that can be manipulated as a unit and accessed or downloaded in one or more formats. Source: EU OD

A right to prevent or restrict others from extracting and reusing content from a database. In the EU it is regulated by a special piece of legislation – Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases.

Any organised collection of data may be considered a database. In this sense the word is synonymous with dataset. It is a collection of data stored according to a schema and manipulated according to the rules set out in one Data Modelling Facility.

A person converting data into a usable form so that they can be easily used with automated or semi-automated tools. Data wrangling may include further data cleaning.

Identified or identifiable natural person, a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

A measure of the usefulnessuseableness of data. An ideal dataset is accurate, complete, timely in publication, consistent in its naming of items and its handling of e.g.

An act of conserving and maintaining both the safety and integrity of data. Preservation is done through formal activities that are governed by policies, regulations and strategies directed towards protecting and prolonging the existence and authenticity of data and its metadata.

Mandated by the General Data Protection Regulation, DPbDD is a core obligation of data controllers and data processors to ensure effective implementation of data protection principles and data subjects’ rights and freedoms. The controllers are required to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures and necessary safeguards and are obliged to demonstrate the effectiveness of implemented measures.