User Guide on the Data Inventory
This guide is intended for public entities and organisations in the Luxembourg public sector that wish to establish an inventory of their data and publish metadata in the Public Sector Data Catalogue. It describes the complete data inventory procedure, presents the recommended metadata standard and offers practical tools for carrying out these inventories. The document also explains the legal obligations related to the DGA and draft bill 8395A and defines the different roles and responsibilities in the public sector data cataloguing process.
This content corresponds exactly to the inventory guide used by the 'data valorisation' team in the context of public sector data inventories.
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Who to contact with your questions?
Ministry for Digitalisation
The Ministry coordinates all national inventory efforts and manages the Public Sector Data Catalogue (CDSP). It is your main point of contact for:
- strategic and policy issues;
- publishing your metadata in the Public Sector Data Catalogue;
- identifying and recognising authentic sources;
- helping a re-user find the holder of the data they are looking for;
- the national metadata standard, DCAT-AP-LU.
Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS)
The LNDS provides practical methodological and technical assistance. The team can help you with:
- developing your inventories;
- using the Metadata Capture Tool;
- creating data dictionaries;
- optimising the quality of your data;
- defining vocabularies and extensions of the DCAT-AP-LU standard.
Please do not hesitate to contact them – they are there to facilitate your inventory process!
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