AI-ready data

For data to be AI-ready, it generally needs to be described in a machine-readable format.

This should address:

• the way by which the data is accessed (API)
• the shape of the data (Objects, Tabular, Files, Images…)
• the context in which the data can be used (license, provenance, usage permissions and restrictions)

Machine Readable Data

Standards

Corresponding Tools

See also

• What’s New in Croissant 1.1: Extensible, Agent-Ready ML Dataset Standard (February 12, 2026)
• Croissant Recordset Typing