Template
Dataset Datasheet Template
This template captures the documentation accompanying any dataset used by the organization for training, fine-tuning, evaluation, retrieval, or other AI processing. It is based on the datasheets-for-datasets pattern and is required for every dataset in the AI System Register. Each dataset has one datasheet; the datasheet evolves with the dataset and is versioned alongside it.
- Type
- Template
- Version
- 1.0.9
- Date
- 2026-10-27
- Owner
- AI Data Steward
- Approving authority
- Governance Library Maintainer
- Classification
- Public
- Confidentiality
- Public
- Category
- AI Governance
- Review frequency
- On material change to the dataset and at least annually
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outline
- Purpose
- Scope
- Section 1: motivation
- Section 2: composition
- Section 3: collection process
- Section 4: preprocessing, cleaning, labelling
- Section 5: uses
- Section 6: distribution
- Section 7: maintenance
- Section 8: ethical considerations
- Section 9: provenance and lineage
- Section 10: signatures and approvals
- Operating expectations
- Framework alignment
- Limitations
Frameworks it maps to
- Datasheets for Datasets
- Data Cards
- ISO/IEC 42001:2023
- EU AI Act
- NIST AI RMF 1.0
- GDPR / UK GDPR
- ISO/IEC 5259-2:2024
- ISO/IEC 5259-4:2024
- ISO/IEC 42005:2025
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