Dataset

The Dataset type marks up structured data about datasets: collections of data published for access or download. It powers Google Dataset Search, helping researchers, analysts, and developers discover data across the web.

Fields

Recommended by Google

• creator — Person or organization that produced the dataset.
• license — URL of the license under which the dataset is distributed.

Not mentioned by Google (but recommended by schema.org)

• spatialCoverage — Geographic area the dataset covers, as Place with coordinates or text.
• temporalCoverage — Time period the dataset covers, in ISO 8601 format.

JSON-LD example

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "NCDC Storm Events Database",
  "description": "Storm event data from the National Climatic Data Center, including damage estimates, fatalities, and injuries.",
  "url": "https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "National Climatic Data Center",
    "sameAs": "https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/"
  },
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "temporalCoverage": "1950-01-01/2024-12-31",
  "spatialCoverage": {
    "@type": "Place",
    "name": "United States",
    "geo": {
      "@type": "GeoShape",
      "box": "24.396308 -124.848974 49.384358 -66.885444"
    }
  }
}

Notes

Dataset markup powers Google Dataset Search. Google recommends name, description, creator, and license as core properties. spatialCoverage and temporalCoverage should be included when the dataset has geographic or time-based dimensions. For academic datasets, include ORCID identifiers for person creators and ROR identifiers for organizations.