# Dataset card

URL: https://sellmydatatoai.net/glossary/dataset-card

A dataset card is a short document published with a dataset that describes its contents, origin, intended uses, limitations and license.

A dataset card is a standard document published with a dataset that describes what it contains, how it was collected, what it should and should not be used for, its known biases and its license. [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/datasets-cards) uses dataset cards as the README file for each dataset on its Hub.

## Where did dataset cards come from?

Dataset cards grew out of [Datasheets for Datasets](https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09010), a 2018 paper by Timnit Gebru and colleagues. It proposed that every dataset ship with a datasheet answering questions on motivation, composition, collection, preprocessing, uses, distribution and maintenance.

## How is a dataset card different from a data manifest?

A dataset card differs from a [data manifest](https://sellmydatatoai.net/glossary/data-manifest) in purpose. The card is a narrative summary for anyone considering the data, while the manifest is a precise inventory used to price and check one delivery. Private licensing deals usually need both.

See [how to evaluate a dataset sample](https://sellmydatatoai.net/guides/how-to-evaluate-dataset-samples) and [data provenance](https://sellmydatatoai.net/glossary/data-provenance).