Data Card
A structured document describing a dataset's provenance, composition, collection methodology, licensing, known biases, and appropriate uses. Companion to Model Cards; increasingly required as evidence for training-data lineage under the EU AI Act.
Related terms
- Model Card
A short document describing a model's intended use, training data, evaluation results, known limitations, and ethical considerations. Introduced by Google in 2018 and increasingly required by AI governance regimes (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act technical documentation).
- EU AI Act
European Union regulation (effective 2024, phased through 2027) that classifies AI systems into risk tiers — unacceptable (banned), high-risk (conformity assessment required), limited-risk (transparency obligations), and minimal — and imposes proportionate obligations. Applies extraterritorially to any provider placing AI on the EU market.
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Data Card is part of the Evaluation & Governance vocabulary used in the Generative AI Maturity Framework. See the full glossary for the complete set of 149 defined terms, or take the free maturity assessment to see where your organisation stands.