Datasets

Datasets are a fundamental part of the Open Data Cube. A dataset is “The smallest aggregation of data independently described, inventoried, and managed.”​ (Definition of “Granule” from NASA EarthData Unified Metadata Model​)

Examples of Datasets

• a Landsat Scene

• an Albers Equal Area tile portion of a Landsat Scene

Dataset metadata format

For a detailed description of the format of a valid dataset document, refer to the formal specification in the eo3 github repository.

Ingested Datasets

Previous releases distinguished between indexed and ingested datasets. In datacube 1.9, support for the ingestion workflow has been dropped, and all datasets can be considered indexed.