Piveau
Introduction
Piveau is an open source metadata catalogue solution that is highly scalable and covers the essential lifecycle of your metadata: harvesting, storage, and quality assurance.
Piveau was designed and developed around Semantic Web technologies, the W3C standard DCAT, and the European standard for Open Data DCAT-AP. It closes the gap between formal metadata specifications and their application in production, putting a strong emphasis on Open Data as a leading solution for public administrations and non-profit organizations to publish interoperable and flexible metadata catalogues.
Key Features
- Multi-Protocol Support: OAI-PMH, RDF, CKAN, uData, OwnCloud, JSON, SPARQL, Socrata, Drupal
- Scalability: Handles hundreds of thousands of datasets per source
- Dynamic Transformation: Programmable data transformation with JavaScript or XSLT
- Scheduled Harvesting: Regular execution of harvesting runs
- Export Capabilities: DCAT(-AP) and derived standards included
Additional Resources
For comprehensive information about the Piveau platform and its architecture, please refer to the following resources:
Platform Overview
- Piveau Introduction: Detailed information about the datacatalog stack and core components
https://doc.piveau.io/general/introduction#datacatalog-stack
Integration with Civitas Core
- Deployment Configuration: Instructions for enabling Piveau in Civitas Core
See: Customize Inventory Guide - Datacatalog Stack
Working with Catalogues and Datasets
- Hub API Usage Guide: Complete guide for creating and managing catalogues and datasets
https://doc.piveau.io/guides/use-the-hub-apis/
Authentication
- API Key Configuration: Instructions for obtaining and configuring API keys
See: DCAT-AP Piveau API Documentation
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