In most places, the SDW BP uses "data is" rather than "data are"; only BP 6 uses "data are".
The remaining occurrences of "data are" are in the context of e.g. "small pieces of data are" or "best practices relating to handling sensor data are" - i.e. the are is in number agreement with something other than the word "data".
I don't want to open that debate - simply to be internally consistent. Not conclusive, but searching w3.org for "data is" returns 15,400 results whereas "data are" returns 4,600.
In most places, the SDW BP uses "data is" rather than "data are"; only BP 6 uses "data are".
The remaining occurrences of "data are" are in the context of e.g. "small pieces of data are" or "best practices relating to handling sensor data are" - i.e. the are is in number agreement with something other than the word "data".
I don't want to open that debate - simply to be internally consistent. Not conclusive, but searching w3.org for "data is" returns 15,400 results whereas "data are" returns 4,600.