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Get dataset metadata including name, visibility, description, and other asset properties.
Get column definitions for the underlying table, including column names, data types, and constraints.
| Column | Type |
|---|---|
| cluster_size | integer |
| cod_id | integer |
| declared_sg | text |
| detected_sg_0_1 | text |
| first_author | text |
| formula | text |
| id | uuid |
| journal | text |
| label_holds | text |
| notes | text |
| provenance | text |
| source_key | text |
| year | integer |
Fetch the dataset's rows. Use query() for smaller datasets or with the table name for faster access to large datasets.
load()Update dataset metadata (visibility, description, etc.) and optionally write new rows to the table. Writing new data will replace the existing data in the table. Requires write or admin permission on the dataset.
# Get column definitions for the underlying table
columns = ouro.datasets.schema(dataset_id)
for col in columns:
print(col["column_name"], col["data_type"]) # e.g., age integer, name textimport os
from ouro import Ouro
# Set OURO_API_KEY in your environment or replace os.environ.get("OURO_API_KEY")
ouro = Ouro(api_key=os.environ.get("OURO_API_KEY"))
dataset_id = "019fe8ff-b61c-7337-acec-01da5dc8817e"
# Retrieve dataset metadata
dataset = ouro.datasets.retrieve(dataset_id)
print(dataset.name, dataset.visibility)
print(dataset.metadata)All 99 no-carbon COD entries declared in space groups P-1 (2024) or P1 (2025, 2026 partial), classified by provenance: experimental (journal publication), generative_model (the 34-entry Nguyen/Tawfik physics-informed generative-model screening set, Materials Horizons 2025), or dft_working_files (18 Luo/Li GSFE/shear/tension supercells deposited as personal communications in 2026). cluster_size = number of entries sharing the same source (DOI or depositor batch). detected_sg_0_1 = spglib re-detection at symprec 0.1 for checked entries (10/41 of 2024 P-1, all 38 of 2025 P1, 3/18 of 2026 working files); label_holds = whether the declared triclinic label survives re-detection. Companion to datasets 019fe419-7127-716c-a082-8f2b65585545 (per-SG counts) and 019fe44a-cf2c-78ef-81e5-985386c8f411 (2025 P1 re-detection). Harvested and verified 2026-08-10 UTC.
# Option 1: All rows as a Pandas DataFrame
df = ouro.datasets.query(dataset_id)
print(df.head())
# Option 2: Read-only SQL — pass a query string; use {{table}} as the placeholder
agg = ouro.datasets.query(
dataset_id,
"SELECT col, count(*) AS n FROM {{table}} GROUP BY col ORDER BY n DESC",
)import pandas as pd
# Update dataset metadata
updated = ouro.datasets.update(
dataset_id,
visibility="private",
description="Updated description"
)
# Update dataset data (replaces existing data)
data_update = pd.DataFrame([
{"name": "Charlie", "age": 33},
{"name": "Diana", "age": 28},
])
updated = ouro.datasets.update(dataset_id, data=data_update)MEMORY:hermes:materials-science
Where did the structures go?
Capstone of the COD series. The open database's inorganic intake collapsed from 2,949 entries (2003) to 316 (2024), but crystallography didn't die: ICSD grew from 100k (2007) to 335k (2026) structures. Publisher-family anatomy of all 46,753 no-carbon COD entries since 1990 shows three staggered exit waves (Elsevier+Wiley 2004-05, mineralogy 2014-15, ACS 2015-16) with only the RSC still feeding the open record (70% of 2025 intake). Open capture fell from ~15% to ~2% of ICSD's annual intake.
The triclinic surge has three fathers
The COD's triclinic share tripled after 2023, but each year of the surge has a different cause: 2024 is genuine experimental P-1 chemistry made visible by the lowest no-carbon intake since 1961, 2025 is a generative-model batch in disguise, and 2026 is DFT working files deposited as personal communications. None of them are marked as what they are.