Data Package

The Data Package specification is a generic wrapper format for exchanging data. Although it supports arbitrary metadata, the format defines required, recommended, and optional fields for both the package as a whole and the resources contained within it.

A separate but linked specification provides a way to describe the columns of a data table; descriptions of this form can be included directly in the Data Package metadata.

Summary Edit

Standard Website
http://frictionlessdata.io/data-packages/
Specification
http://specs.frictionlessdata.io/data-packages/
Sponsors
Open Knowledge Foundation
Standard Update Date
2016-03-23
Related Vocabularies
Open Definition license ID
Subjects
General Research Data
Disciplines
Multi-disciplinary

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Tabular Data Package Edit

A profile of the Data Package specification, intended for exchanging tabular data in CSV (comma-separated values) format.

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Data Package libraries Edit

A collection of libraries for working with Data Packages in various programming languages, and scripts for importing them into databases.

Data Package Validator Edit

The Data Package Validator takes the URL of a Data Package and checks whether it conforms to the Data Package specification.

Data Package Viewer Edit

The Data Package Viewer takes the URL of a Data Package and provides a human-friendly view of it.

Data Packagist Edit

The Data Packagist is a Web-based tool for writing a Data Package descriptor file (datapackage.json).

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Data Packaged Core Datasets Edit

A collection of commonly used and example data sets packaged using the Data Package specification.