title: RO-Crate 1.1 Core Profile

This document in an experimental RO-Crate Machine Actionable Profile for RO-Crate 1.1 - for the core, mandated metadata only.

The RO-Crate Root Data Entity

3 classes · 6 properties

@id #RO-Crate_Metadata_Descriptor.id
about #RO-Crate_Metadata_Descriptor.about
datePublished — MUST be a string in ISO 8601 date format and SHOULD be specified to at least the precision of a day, MAY be a timestamp down to the millisecond #prop_datePublised_Dataset
description — (In addition to the name) SHOULD further elaborate on the name to provide a summary of the context in which the dataset is important #prop_description_Dataset
license — SHOULD link to a Contextual Entity in the RO-Crate Metadata File with a name and description #prop_license_Dataset
name — SHOULD identify the dataset to humans well enough to disambiguate it from other RO-Crates

At least 1 instances of this type MUST be present in the crate.

A maximum of 1 instances of this type MAY be present in the crate.

Min Count	Max Count
1	1

Property	Required	Description	Range	Value
@type	Yes			http://schema.org/CreativeWork
@id #RO-Crate_Metadata_Descriptor.id	Yes	The RO-Crate Metadata		ro-crate-metadata.json
about ⓘ #RO-Crate_Metadata_Descriptor.about	Yes	This property on the RO-Crate Metadata Descriptor references the Root Data Entity.	Root Data Entity

The Root Data Entity for an RO-Crate. This is the main entity of the RO-Crate and is the one that is referenced by the RO-Crate Metadata Descriptor.

Instances of this type SHOULD be present in the crate.

A maximum of 1 instances of this type MAY be present in the crate.

Min Count	Max Count
0	1

Property	Required	Description	Range	Value
@type	Yes			http://schema.org/Dataset
datePublished ⓘ #prop_datePublised_Dataset	Yes	MUST be a string in ISO 8601 date format and SHOULD be specified to at least the precision of a day, MAY be a timestamp down to the millisecond.	schema:Date
description ⓘ #prop_description_Dataset	Yes	(In addition to the name) SHOULD further elaborate on the name to provide a summary of the context in which the dataset is important.	Text
license ⓘ #prop_license_Dataset	Yes	SHOULD link to a Contextual Entity in the RO-Crate Metadata File with a name and description. MAY have a URI (eg for Creative Commons or Open Source licenses). MAY if necessary be a textual description of how the RO-Crate may be used	License (Creative Work), schema:URL, schema:Text
name ⓘ	Yes	SHOULD identify the dataset to humans well enough to disambiguate it from other RO-Crates	Text

A license included as a Creative Work - with at least a name and description

Instances of this type MAY be present in the crate.

Min Count	Max Count
N/A	N/A

Property	Required	Description	Range	Value
@type	Yes			http://schema.org/CreativeWork
No properties defined for this class

Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
The RO-Crate Metadata		RO-Crate Metadadata Descriptor

Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
This property on the RO-Crate Metadata Descriptor references the Root Data Entity.	Root Data Entity	RO-Crate Metadadata Descriptor

Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
MUST be a string in ISO 8601 date format and SHOULD be specified to at least the precision of a day, MAY be a timestamp down to the millisecond.	schema:Date	Root Data Entity

Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
(In addition to the name) SHOULD further elaborate on the name to provide a summary of the context in which the dataset is important.	Text	Root Data Entity

Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
SHOULD link to a Contextual Entity in the RO-Crate Metadata File with a name and description. MAY have a URI (eg for Creative Commons or Open Source licenses). MAY if necessary be a textual description of how the RO-Crate may be used	License (Creative Work), schema:URL, schema:Text	Root Data Entity

Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
SHOULD identify the dataset to humans well enough to disambiguate it from other RO-Crates	Text	Root Data Entity