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OpenDataGOV-AP: A Linked Data Application Profile for parliamentary activities Cruz, Tiago Lourenço, João Curado-Malta, Mariana Bispo, João This paper presents OpenDataGOV-AP, a Linked Data Application Profile for modelling parliamentary initiatives and related actors in the Portuguese Parliament. Relevant public information exists but is fragmented across heterogeneous XML and PDF sources, limiting its discoverability, interoperability, and reuse by citizens, journalists, and policy-makers. We propose a data-driven profile structured around four modules — Core, Initiatives, Biographical-Profile, and MP-Activities — that reuses established RDF vocabularies and introduces domain-specific terms via the POLIS ontology where gaps exist. Development followed best practices, and the profile is accompanied by a SHACL file for validation. The resulting knowledge graph was validated through SPARQL queries demonstrating cross-party co-authorship analysis and electorate-normalised legislative output. This work provides a semantic foundation for Linked Open Data publishing, semantic search, and improved transparency of parliamentary information. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2026-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Text application/pdf text/html https://doi.org/10.23106/dcmi.952684497 https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/article/952684497 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference Proceedings eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/