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Census Discovery List Example

Truncated example of the DCAT-compliant Census Data API discovery catalog showing one ACS 5-Year dataset entry.

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Census Discovery List Example is an example object payload from US Census Bureau, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

operationdescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "operation": "getDiscoveryCatalog",
  "description": "Truncated example of the DCAT-compliant Census Data API discovery catalog showing one ACS 5-Year dataset entry.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.census.gov/data.json"
  },
  "response": {
    "@context": "https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld",
    "@type": "dcat:Catalog",
    "conformsTo": "https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema",
    "describedBy": "https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json",
    "dataset": [
      {
        "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
        "title": "American Community Survey: 5-Year Estimates: Detailed Tables 5-Year",
        "description": "The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, social, economic, and housing data.",
        "identifier": "https://api.census.gov/data/id/ACSDT5Y2023",
        "c_vintage": 2023,
        "c_dataset": ["acs", "acs5"],
        "c_geographyLink": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/geography.json",
        "c_variablesLink": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/variables.json",
        "c_groupsLink": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/groups.json",
        "c_examplesLink": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/examples.json",
        "c_isAvailable": true,
        "distribution": [
          {
            "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
            "accessURL": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5",
            "format": "API",
            "mediaType": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "publisher": {
          "@type": "org:Organization",
          "name": "U.S. Census Bureau"
        },
        "contactPoint": {
          "@type": "vcard:Contact",
          "fn": "American Community Survey Office",
          "hasEmail": "mailto:acso.users.support@census.gov"
        },
        "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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