Datasheets for Datasets

Citation: Timnit Gebru, Jamie Morgenstern, Briana Vecchione, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Hanna Wallach, Hal Daumeé III, Kate Crawford Datasheets for Datasets.
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Wikidata (metadata): Q60487752
Download: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09010
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Summary

Proposes metadata for datasets, motivated by concerns about machine learning, drawing from practices in electronics, automobiles, and medicine. Suggested metadata is in following categories:

• Motivation for Dataset Creation
• Dataset Composition
• Data Collection Process
• Data Preprocessing
• Dataset Distribution
• Dataset Maintenance
• Legal & Ethical Considerations

Authors provide suggested metadata for two datasets well known in machine learning.