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afriberta-corpus

Kirundi(run)Texttext-generationCentral Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Kirundi (run)
Modality
Text
Domain
NLP (News)
Size
1M<n<10M
Institution
castorini
Last Updated
27 Oct 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierapache-2.0

Open — attribution required; commercial use allowed.

RedistributionYes

PII RISK

Unknown risk

Full Record

24 of 46 fields stated

Every column the registry tracks. Values marked derivedwere filled by a rule or read from the source's text rather than stated in its metadata; the rule or the quoted sentence is shown under the value.

Registry columns (17/27)

iso code
run
Dataset name
afriberta-corpus
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://huggingface.co/datasets/castorini/afriberta-corpus
NLP Task
text-generation
Domain
NLP (News)
Data Format
json, zipderivedHugging Face card: file formats
Size Metric
n (samples)
Size Value
1M<n<10MderivedHugging Face card: size_categories
License
apache-2.0
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
Hugging Face
Year Published
2022
Creator/Author(s)
castorini
Funder/Partner
Not stated
Dialect Coverage
Not stated
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Not stated
Status
Not stated
Has Datasheet
NoderivedHugging Face card: no README or a description under 300 characters
PII Risk
Not stated
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Not stated
Date Indexed
2026-10-27
Notes / Flags
Not stated

Quality (DQI) (6/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
Apache-2.0
Redistribution Allowed?
Yes
Content Hash
d83da9653ef2a5f823c3693a28018e3009464522derivedHugging Face card: commit sha
Submitted By
hf_data pipeline (automated)
Fetch Date
2026-10-27
Last Updated Date
2022-10-19derivedHugging Face card: lastModified
Annotation Guidelines Available?
Not stated
IAA Score
Not stated
Cleaning Notes
Not stated
Benchmark Exists?
Not stated
Benchmark Citation
Not stated

Representativeness (DRI) (1/7)

Gender Distribution
Not stated
Region Coverage
Not stated
Region Distribution
Not stated
Age Range Coverage
Not stated
Register
Not stated
Marginalized Group Note
Not stated
Demographic Fields Reported Count
0

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage100%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation85%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://huggingface.co/datasets/castorini/afriberta-corpus
Fetch Timestamp
27 Oct 2026
Content Hash
d83da9653ef2a5f823c3693a28018e3009464522

Audit Log

Record indexed from Hugging Face

27 Oct 2026

Source status: Unknown

27 Oct 2026

Other Copies

The same resource, also published at these locations. It is counted once.

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