---
title: "Data card"
description: "Structured, versioned documentation of a dataset (provenance, lawful basis, rights, composition and known limitations) maintained as code alongside the system."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/data-card
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Data card

Structured, versioned documentation of a dataset (provenance, lawful basis, rights, composition and known limitations) maintained as code alongside the system.

- Developed in: [ch. 04, Data governance across the stack](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/the-stack#data-governance-across-the-stack)
- Chapters: [ch. 04, The Stack](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/the-stack)
- Contrast with: [Datasheet for datasets](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/datasheet-for-datasets)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-data-card

## Sources

Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source.