# Data Package Standard **URL:** \ **Category:** ALSDA AWG Topics\ **Tags:** data-metadata-standa, metadata, data-standards, data-processing\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832 "2025-02-05T21:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![evartsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/evartsb/32/250_2.png) [@evartsb](https://awg.osdr.space/u/evartsb)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/1 "2025-02-05T21:06:27Z")
Has anyone used the Data Package Standard and related tools? I am curious about feasibility of adopting these standards and tools in the scientific and research community to help enforce standards for data management plans, data submissions, and also transfer of data from the point of ETL across potentially air-gapped networks and to an enterprise data platform to facilitate linking metadata and schema info with raw data. > **[Data Package](https://datapackage.org/)** > > Data Package is a standard consisting of a set of simple yet extensible specifications to describe datasets, data files and tabular data. It is a data definition language (DDL) and data API that facilitates findability, accessibility,... @pmadrigal - might be useful for AI readiness? ---
**Author:** ![rtscott2001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/rtscott2001/32/5_2.png) [@rtscott2001](https://awg.osdr.space/u/rtscott2001)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/2 "2025-02-05T21:08:22Z")
wow, thats sounds interesting and promising. No i hadnt heard of it ---
**Author:** ![evartsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/evartsb/32/250_2.png) [@evartsb](https://awg.osdr.space/u/evartsb)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/3 "2025-02-05T21:10:00Z")
How do I add multiple groups to this discussion? I thought I had added AIML AWG. Are there others that might be relevant? ---
**Author:** ![rtscott2001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/rtscott2001/32/5_2.png) [@rtscott2001](https://awg.osdr.space/u/rtscott2001)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/4 "2025-02-05T21:10:52Z")
Just [@AIMLawg](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/aimlawg) the key is to @ the groups listed on the hub: [Analysis Working Groups: Open Science for Life in Space](https://awg.osdr.space/g) Say also [@MultiOmicsAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/multiomicsawg) etc etc ---
**Author:** ![evartsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/evartsb/32/250_2.png) [@evartsb](https://awg.osdr.space/u/evartsb)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/5 "2025-02-05T21:12:25Z")
Thanks @rtscott2001 ! ---
**Author:** ![rtscott2001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/rtscott2001/32/5_2.png) [@rtscott2001](https://awg.osdr.space/u/rtscott2001)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/6 "2025-02-05T21:14:08Z")
Thanks for finding this, if something comes along to make all our data even more standrized, that sounds great Worth checking out what Brian posted: @rachelrgilbert @kristen.peach @gebresg @james.casaletto @asaravia @lauren.sanders ---
**Author:** ![evartsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/evartsb/32/250_2.png) [@evartsb](https://awg.osdr.space/u/evartsb)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/7 "2025-02-05T21:24:59Z")
Allotrope is another similar data standard that looks useful, but I am not sure i it is open source or not. > **[Data Standard | Allotrope Foundation](https://www.allotrope.org/)** > > Allotrope Foundation is revolutionizing the way we acquire, share and gain insights from scientific data, through a community and the framework for standardization and linked data. related open source python library: > **[GitHub - Benchling-Open-Source/allotropy: A Python library for converting instrument data...](https://github.com/Benchling-Open-Source/allotropy)** > > A Python library for converting instrument data into Allotrope Simple Model (ASM) ---
**Author:** ![rtscott2001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/rtscott2001/32/5_2.png) [@rtscott2001](https://awg.osdr.space/u/rtscott2001)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/data-package-standard/1832/8 "2025-02-06T00:47:41Z")
Will add [@ALSDAawg](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/alsdaawg) members to check out this thread