Google Dataset Search is a search engine from

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that helps researchers locate online data that is freely available for use. The company launched the service on September 5, 2018, and stated that the product was targeted at

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s and data journalists. The service was out of beta as of January 23, 2020. Google Dataset Search complements

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, the company's search engine for academic studies and reports.

Features

Dataset Search can filter results based on the desired type of data (for example, focusing on images or text). It is also available in mobile.

Technology

Dataset Search is heavily reliant on dataset providers' use of metadata in accordance with the standards defined by the schema.org consortium. According to the Google AI blog,

Versions

Dataset Search was initially released in beta on September 5, 2018. It moved out of beta on January 23, 2020.

References

External links

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