A dataset in described with structured metadata in JSON-LD

one-data-set-json-ld.html

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
    "@context": "http://schema.org",
    "@type": "Dataset",
    "identifier": "homes-1m-redfin-2016",
    "name": "US Income",
    "description": "Homes that sold for over a million USD in northeastern Massachusetts in a 3-month period in late 2016.",
    "version": "2017-10-03",
    "keywords": ["housing","income"],
    "distribution": [
        {
            "fileFormat": "CSV",
            "contentUrl": "http://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/opendata/misc/milliondollarhomes.csv"
        },
        {
            "fileFormat": "GeoJSON",
            "contentUrl": "http://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/opendata/misc/milliondollarhomes.geojson"
        }
    ]
}