oai-pmh: document DCAT metadata format

zenodo · Aug 22, 2023 · 1b3085d · 1b3085d
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@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ Dublin Core — only minimal metadata is included in this format. The format is
 
 [See example](https://zenodo.org/oai2d?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&set=openaire)
 
+**`dcat`**
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+DCAT — export format based on the [DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP)](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/semic-support-centre/solution/dcat-application-profile-data-portals-europe). 
+The format is produced from the DataCite export format using the [DataCite-to-DCAT-AP XSLT](https://github.com/ec-jrc/datacite-to-dcat-ap).
+This is the only OAI-PMH metadata format that currently exposes direct links to each record's files content, via the [`dcat:Distribution` elements](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-3/#Class:Distribution).
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+[See example](https://zenodo.org/oai2d?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=dcat&set=openaire)
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 **`marc21`**
 
 MARC21 — export format primarily supported for legacy reasons. Please consider