Schema

Conventions for formatting datasets and metadata.

Conventions

Stable URLs: section pages use /section/ and serve index.html.
Dataset IDs: stable identifiers like REG_US_CFR_001 or LIC_OS_001.
Dates: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD).
Machine-readable: include a JSON metadata block on dataset pages.
Sources: include source name + URL(s) for factual datasets.

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Dataset metadata JSON (example)

{
  "id": "EXAMPLE_DATASET_001",
  "title": "Example Dataset",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "published_at": "2025-12-17",
  "updated_at": "2025-12-17",
  "license": "https://www.exodus-data.com/license/",
  "source": [
    { "name": "Primary Source Name", "url": "https://example.com/" }
  ],
  "fields": [
    { "name": "field_a", "type": "string", "description": "Example field" },
    { "name": "field_b", "type": "number", "description": "Example numeric field" }
  ]
}