Evidence-backed facts
- The data.gouv.fr API exposes dataset, resource, organization, user, reuse, discussion, activity, and catalog-search metadata through a versioned interface. informative
- Public reads do not require user authority, while create or update operations require authenticated permissions; discovery does not grant rights beyond each dataset's license. informative
- Clients must bind the exact collection, identifier, filters, sort, pagination, and representation and follow resource URLs, checksums, formats, and update timestamps. informative
- Catalog entries are publisher-contributed and can be stale, incomplete, unavailable, or inconsistently licensed; listing does not prove official endorsement, accuracy, or current service health. informative