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title: "Dataset"
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category: "Corpus & data pipeline"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/glossary/corpus-and-data/dataset"
updated: "2026-07-09"
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# Dataset

**A dataset is a structured, published collection of records meant to be consumed as data - downloadable and machine-readable.**

A **dataset** is a curated collection of records offered for reuse, usually with a described schema and a license. Unlike a web page meant for reading, a dataset is meant for machines: to be queried, downloaded, or analyzed.

Publishing something as a dataset (with structured metadata) makes it discoverable to data-specific search and to agents.

## In GraphCanon

GraphCanon publishes its corpus as an open dataset: a JSON API, a full-corpus text file, and Dataset structured data so tools like Google Dataset Search and AI agents can consume it.

## See also

- [JSON API](/api)
- [ai-catalog.json](/.well-known/ai-catalog.json)

## Related terms

- [Corpus](/glossary/corpus-and-data/corpus.md)
- [Structured data (JSON-LD)](/glossary/discovery-for-agents/structured-data.md)

[Corpus & data pipeline](/glossary/corpus-and-data.md) · [All glossary terms](/glossary.md)

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon`](/api/graphcanon)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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