They started with datasets, and then moved on to other things
How do they store data?
Pretty much anything, but usually a folder with files and metadata
Why is it useful?
competitions
they were the pretty much the first ones in this space
community features (likes etc)
Data upload interface
Data view interface
Hugging Face
Started with models, integrated with deep learning libraries. they took advantage of the rise in transformer libraries and then supported all of the ones since
How do they store data?
Folder of parquet files , with the occasional metadata csv
Why is it useful?
easy to view the dataset directly without downloading
