Metadata

Data scienceKnowledge organizationOpen data

Information about a dataset such as its title and description, method of collection, and contact information for the publisher.

Information about a dataset such as its title and description, method of collection, author or publisher, area and time period covered, licence, date and frequency of release, etc. It is essential to publish data with adequate metadata to aid both discoverability and usability of the data.

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