.. Mt. Data documentation master file, created by sphinx-quickstart on Mon Sep 20 10:52:25 2021. You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. Mt. Data ======== **Mt. Data** (pronounced "mount data", like "Mount Everest") is a tool to help people collect and store (mountains of) public data from a variety of sources. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :caption: Contents: development Installation ------------ Concepts -------- A **dataset** is a collection of related data, usually a single table. Each dataset knows how to download updates to the data, how to transform fields names and values, and which fields are useful for de-duplication. A **store** is a means of persisting acquired data. For example, a particular store might know how to talk to a database to save data collected by datasets as database tables. Usage ----- Indices and tables ================== * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search`