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ParData

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ParData (homophone of partake) is a Python API that enables data consumers and distributors to easily use and share datasets, and establishes a standard for exchanging data assets. It enables:

• a data scientist to have a simpler and more unified way to begin working with a wide range of datasets, and
• a data distributor to have a consistent, safe, and open source way to share datasets with interested communities.

.. sidebar:: Quick Example

.. code-block:: python

  >>> import pardata
  >>> pardata.list_all_datasets()
  {'claim_sentences_search': ('1.0.2',),
   ..., 'wikitext103': ('1.0.1',)}
  >>> pardata.load_dataset('wikitext103')
  {...}  # Content of the dataset

Install the Package & its Dependencies

To install the latest version of ParData, run

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$ pip install pardata

Alternatively, if you have downloaded the source, switch to the source directory (same directory as this README file, cd /path/to/pardata-source) and run

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$ pip install -U .

Quick Start

Import the package and load a dataset. ParData will download WikiText-103 <https://developer.ibm.com/exchanges/data/all/wikitext-103/>__ dataset (version 1.0.1) if it's not already downloaded, and then load it.

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import pardata wikitext103_data = pardata.load_dataset('wikitext103')

View available ParData datasets and their versions.

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pardata.list_all_datasets() {'claim_sentences_search': ('1.0.2',), ..., 'wikitext103': ('1.0.1',)}

To view your globally set configs for ParData, such as your default data directory, use :func:pardata.get_config.

.. code-block:: python

pardata.get_config() Config(DATADIR=PosixPath('dir/to/download/load/from'), ..., DATASET_SCHEMA_FILE_URL='file/to/load/datasets/from')

By default, :func:pardata.load_dataset downloads to and loads from :file:~/.pardata/data/<dataset-name>/<dataset-version>/. To change the default data directory, use :func:pardata.init.

.. code-block:: python

pardata.init(DATADIR='new/dir/to/download/load/from')

Load a previously downloaded dataset using :func:pardata.load_dataset. With the new default data dir set, ParData now searches for the Groningen Meaning Bank <https://developer.ibm.com/exchanges/data/all/groningen-meaning-bank/>__ dataset (version 1.0.2) in :file:new/dir/to/download/load/from/gmb/1.0.2/.

.. code-block:: python

gmb_data = load_dataset('gmb', version='1.0.2', download=False) # assuming GMB dataset was already downloaded

To learn more about ParData, check out the documentation <https://pardata.readthedocs.io> and the tutorial <https://pardata.readthedocs.io#tutorial>.