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- Data Package is a standard
- containing a set of lightweight specifications
- for describing datasets and individual data files.
- In other words, data package is a data definition language (DDL) and data API
- that enables and ensures data quality, accessibility, and interoperability.
+ Data Package is a standard consisting of a set of
+ simple yet extensible specifications
+ to describe datasets, data files and tabular data.
+ It is a data definition language (DDL) and data API that facilitates
+ data quality, accessibility, and interoperability.
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It's a live draft of the Data Package (v2) standard.
- Please read the announcement
+ Please read the announcement.
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## Standard
-The Data Package Standard is a comprehensive set of specifications that collectively define a framework for organizing, documenting, and sharing data in a structured and interoperable manner -- [EXPLORE THE STANDARD](/standard/specifications)
+The Data Package standard is a comprehensive set of **specifications** that collectively define a framework for organizing, documenting, and sharing data in a structured and interoperable manner -- [EXPLORE THE STANDARD](/standard/specifications)
- A simple container format for describing a coherent collection of data in a single
- package
+ A simple container format to describe a coherent collection of data (a dataset), including its contributors, licenses, etc.
- A simple format to describe and package a single data resource such as a individual
- table or file.
+ A simple format to describe a data resource such as a individual table or file, including its name, format, path, etc.
- Table Dialect defines a simple format to describe the various dialects of tabular
- files in a language agnostic manner.
+ A simple format to describe the dialect of a tabular data file, including its delimiter, header rows, escape characters, etc.
- A simple format to declare a schema for tabular data. The schema is designed to be
- expressible in JSON.
+ A simple format to describe tabular data, including field names, types, constraints, missing values, foreign keys, etc.
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## Software
-Data Package is backed by a rich software toolkit supporting the standard. From no-code visual tool **Open Data Editor** to low-level drivers for 10 programming languages -- [EXPLORE THE SOFTWARE](/standard/software)
+Data Package is backed by a suite of software tools supporting the standard. From the no-code visual tool **Open Data Editor** to low-level drivers for 10 programming languages -- [EXPLORE THE SOFTWARE](/standard/software)
[![Open Data Editor](../../assets/software/ode.png)](https://opendataeditor.okfn.org)
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## Adoption
-Data Package use cases encompass a wide range of scenarios where this standardized data packaging format proves invaluable for efficient data management, sharing, and analysis -- [EXPLORE THE ADOPTION](/standard/adoption)
+Data Package is used for a wide range of scenarios where this standardized data packaging format proves invaluable for efficient data management, sharing, and analysis -- [EXPLORE THE ADOPTION](/standard/adoption)