Welcome to Metadata Capture
Welcome to the Metadata Capture User Guide!
Metadata Capture is your tool for managing your dataset catalogue while ensuring compliance with the Data Catalogue Vocabulary Application Profile - Luxembourg (DCAT-AP-LU).
As your first step towards secure and compliant data sharing, Metadata Capture enables your organisation to document the types of data you hold and make them discoverable to users within and outside your organisation.
This guide is for anyone managing your organisation's datasets—data managers, data stewards, catalogue managers, and anyone responsible for cataloguing, reviewing, and sharing dataset records in compliance with DCAT-AP-LU standards. Create, publish, and manage dataset records throughout their lifecycle—from creation to publication and deprecation.
What would you like to do?
Follow your role-specific workflows to create, enhance, review, and publish dataset records.
🚀 Quick start guide
Jump straight into managing dataset records—from creation to publication—based on your role
💡 Learn key concepts
Understand the dataset record lifecycle and how to manage them in Metadata Capture
➕ Create dataset records
Document your organisation's data holdings by creating and cataloguing new dataset records
🏷️ Expand dataset records
Provide richer context to your dataset records with data dictionaries, attributions, and other metadata
🔎 Review dataset records
Ensure dataset records are accurate and meet publication standards before publication
📤 Publish dataset records
Share dataset records internally within your organisation or publish externally for broader discovery
Catalogue management
Maintain system-wide standards, vocabularies, and organisational settings.
📚 Manage vocabularies
Ensure consistent categorisation with controlled keywords and legislative references
🏢 Manage organisations
Add and maintain organisations and contacts for accurate dataset attribution
🔧 Manage published records
Deprecate outdated datasets or assign authentic sources to maintain data quality
Technical guides
Deploy your own instance or contribute to the platform's development.
🖥️ System Admin Guide
Deploy, configure, and maintain your own instance of the Metadata Capture application.
👨🏻💻 Developer Guide
Contribute to the development of Metadata Capture and extend its capabilities.