The MLdata.org and other public repositories for open source data

The second type of example dataset that we will present can be downloaded directly from the machine learning dataset repository, or from the LIBSVM data website. Contrary to the previous dataset, in this case, you will need access to the internet.

First, mldata.org is a public repository for machine learning datasets that is hosted by the TU Berlin University and supported by Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling, and Computational Learning (PASCAL), a network funded by the European Union. You are free to download any dataset from this repository and experiment with it.

For example, if you need to download all the data related to earthquakes since 1972, as reported by the ...

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