======Providing access to data.gov.ie harvesters======

====Introduction====
This document outlines and gives examples of how to facilitate access to a website for Derilinx harvesters gathering metadata for the national open data portal, data.gov.ie. 
Three options are available:
  * A DCAT endpoint
  * An ArcGIS endpoint 
  * Provide metadata via an API

Examples of their use are outlined below.
====DCAT Endpoint, example – data.smartdublin.ie====
A CKAN endpoint is provided by data.smartdublin.ie, the Dublin region portal.
Metadata for data.smartdublin.ie is located at https://data.smartdublin.ie/dcat.json

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DCAT Specification
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/solution/dcat-application-profile-data-portals-europe/release/200


====ArcGIS Endpoint, example – Roscommon County Council====
An ArcGIS endpoint is provided by the Roscommon County Council Open Data Portal. 
Metadata for data-roscoco.opendata.arcgis.com is located at     
    https://data-roscoco.opendata.arcgis.com/data.json


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====API, example Dublinbikes====
The Dublinbikes API interface, provides access to the metadata for Dublinbikes.
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This can be accessed via https://dublinbikes.staging.derilinx.com/api/v1/resources/stations:

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