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Questions from the Datasheets for Datasets paper, v7. (@datasheets)
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The questions in this section are primarily intended to encourage dataset creators to clearly articulate their reasons for creating the dataset and to promote transparency about funding interests.
Was there a specific task in mind? Was there a specific gap that needed to be filled? Please provide a description.
If there is an associated grant, please provide the name of the grantor and the grant name and number.
Most of these questions are intended to provide dataset consumers with the information they need to make informed decisions about using the dataset for specific tasks. The answers to some of these questions reveal information about compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or comparable regulations in other jurisdictions.
Are there multiple types of instances (e.g., movies, users, and ratings; people and interactions between them; nodes and edges)? Please provide a description.
If the dataset is a sample, then what is the larger set? Is the sample representative of the larger set (e.g., geographic coverage)? If so, please describe how this representativeness was validated/verified. If it is not representative of the larger set, please describe why not (e.g., to cover a more diverse range of instances, because instances were withheld or unavailable).
“Raw” data (e.g., unprocessed text or images) or features? In either case, please provide a description.
If so, please provide a description.
If so, please provide a description, explaining why this information is missing (e.g., because it was unavailable). This does not include intentionally removed information, but might include, e.g., redacted text.
If so, please describe how these relationships are made explicit.
If so, please provide a description of these splits, explaining the rationale behind them.
If so, please provide a description.
If it links to or relies on external resources, a) are there guarantees that they will exist, and remain constant, over time; b) are there official archival versions of the complete dataset (i.e., including the external resources as they existed at the time the dataset was created); c) are there any restrictions (e.g., licenses, fees) associated with any of the external resources that might apply to a future user? Please provide descriptions of all external resources and any restrictions associated with them, as well as links or other access points, as appropriate.
If so, please provide a description.
If so, please describe why.
If not, you may skip the remaining questions in this section.
If so, please describe how these subpopulations are identified and provide a description of their respective distributions within the dataset.
If so, please describe how.
If so, please provide a description.
The answers to questions here may provide information that allow others to reconstruct the dataset without access to it._
Was the data directly observable (e.g., raw text, movie ratings), reported by subjects (e.g., survey responses), or indirectly inferred/derived from other data (e.g., part-of-speech tags, model-based guesses for age or language)? If data was reported by subjects or indirectly inferred/derived from other data, was the data validated/verified? If so, please describe how.
How were these mechanisms or procedures validated?
Does this timeframe match the creation timeframe of the data associated with the instances (e.g. recent crawl of old news articles)? If not, please describe the timeframe in which the data associated with the instances was created.
If so, please provide a description of these review processes, including the outcomes, as well as a link or other access point to any supporting documentation.
If not, you may skip the remainder of the questions in this section.
If so, please describe (or show with screenshots or other information) how notice was provided, and provide a link or other access point to, or otherwise reproduce, the exact language of the notification itself.
If so, please describe (or show with screenshots or other information) how consent was requested and provided, and provide a link or other access point to, or otherwise reproduce, the exact language to which the individuals consented.
If so, please provide a description, as well as a link or other access point to the mechanism (if appropriate).
If so, please provide a description of this analysis, including the outcomes, as well as a link or other access point to any supporting documentation.
The questions in this section are intended to provide dataset consumers with the information they need to determine whether the “raw” data has been processed in ways that are compatible with their chosen tasks. For example, text that has been converted into a “bag-of-words” is not suitable for tasks involving word order.
If so, please provide a description. If not, you may skip the remainder of the questions in this section.
If so, please provide a link or other access point to the “raw” data.
If so, please provide a link or other access point.
These questions are intended to encourage dataset creators to reflect on the tasks for which the dataset should and should not be used. By explicitly highlighting these tasks, dataset creators can help dataset consumers to make informed decisions, thereby avoiding potential risks or harms.
If so, please provide a description.
If so, please provide a link or other access point.
For example, is there anything that a future user might need to know to avoid uses that could result in unfair treatment of individuals or groups (e.g., stereotyping, quality of service issues) or other undesirable harms (e.g., financial harms, legal risks) If so, please provide a description. Is there anything a future user could do to mitigate these undesirable harms?
If so, please provide a description.
If so, please provide a description.
Does the dataset have a digital object identifier (DOI)?
If so, please describe this license and/or ToU, and provide a link or other access point to, or otherwise reproduce, any relevant licensing terms or ToU, as well as any fees associated with these restrictions.
If so, please describe these restrictions, and provide a link or other access point to, or otherwise reproduce, any relevant licensing terms, as well as any fees associated with these restrictions.
If so, please describe these restrictions, and provide a link or other access point to, or otherwise reproduce, any supporting documentation.
These questions are intended to encourage dataset creators to plan for dataset maintenance and communicate this plan with dataset consumers.
If so, please provide a link or other access point.
If so, please describe how often, by whom, and how updates will be communicated to users (e.g., mailing list, GitHub)?
If so, please describe these limits and explain how they will be enforced.
If so, please describe how. If not, please describe how its obsolescence will be communicated to users.
If so, please provide a description. Will these contributions be validated/verified? If so, please describe how. If not, why not? Is there a process for communicating/distributing these contributions to other users? If so, please provide a description.
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