datastandards
Datastandards, commonly written as data standards, are agreed-upon conventions that define how data should be represented, described, and exchanged among computer systems. They aim to ensure interoperability, data quality, and reusability by providing common formats, schemas, vocabularies, and metadata practices. By aligning data across organizations and applications, standards reduce ambiguity and enable reliable integration, analysis, and sharing.
Standards can cover several aspects: data formats (for example JSON, XML, CSV), data types and structures, metadata
Organizations create and maintain standards through bodies such as ISO, W3C, IEEE, HL7, and OGC. The process
Benefits include improved interoperability, easier data sharing, better data quality, and more scalable analytics. Challenges include