Concept information
Preferred term
dataset
Definition
- A dataset is a collection of information, which can be taken from one or multiple sources, electronically stored in machine-readable form and generally intended for a specific usage. The information in a dataset may originate from various sources (words, images, sound, data, etc.) and may be organized, encoded, and formatted in different ways depending on how the data was collected and its intended usage.
Entry terms
- data set
- datasets
Source
- “Definition of DATASET.” n.d. Merriam-webster.com. Accessed June 20, 2023. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dataset. “Dataset.” n.d. Cambridge.org. Accessed June 20, 2023. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dataset. Albertoni, Riccardo. n.d. “Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) - Version 2.” Www.w3.org. Accessed June 19, 2023. https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat-2/.
Example
- The Zeri Photo Archive RDF dataset created as part of the Zeri & LODE project at the University of Bologna, http://data.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/.
In other languages
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Italian
URI
http://purl.org/knot/taxonomy/dataset
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