> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.natsec.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.natsec.io/about/elements/data.md).

# Data

{% hint style="info" %}
If you are curious about our reasoning behind the certain aspects of the **`Data`**, check out our [What criteria do you use to collect project data?](/frequently-asked-questions/what-criteria-do-you-use-to-collect-project-data.md) page in the [Frequently Asked Questions](/frequently-asked-questions/faq-overview.md) section.
{% endhint %}

The baseline product of this project is data, sourced from individuals like you, which feeds the [Graph](/about/elements/graph.md), [Map](/about/elements/map.md), and [Timeline](/about/elements/timeline.md) (along with any future efforts or forks).

### Initial Data Set

We wanted to start simply, so we took a play from all the existing efforts or maps we could find and dumped everything into [Google Sheets](/learning/tools/google-sheets.md) to get started:

<details>

<summary><code>Data</code></summary>

:link: [**Data - Project on Innovation in National Security (Google Sheets)**](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dj9LztlbBCB7BPCNpTHd8ko_Uz1pcLQDjTOfEYJH6Ik/edit#gid=1534616606)&#x20;

Click the above link to open [Google Sheets](/learning/tools/google-sheets.md) and view the `Data` - the first page will be a `README` and then you can view other sheets with different [Elements](/about/elements.md).

</details>

You will notice (after opening the `Data`) that there are tabs on the bottom to explore [Entities](/about/elements/data/entities.md) and [Connections](/about/elements/data/connections.md) - feel free and do that while checking out the [Graph](/about/elements/graph.md) to get a sense of how it works (HINT: it's not that complicated).

### Future Data Sets

We know that Google Sheets is going to start running into issues when we start working with a lot more data and types of [Entities](/about/elements/data/entities.md) (not to mention addressing the [Dimensionality](/learning/concepts/dimensionality.md) problems and figuring out [Tags](/about/elements/data/tags.md)).&#x20;

We have some [Partners](/about/support/partners.md) in mind to try and help with this, but, for now, we are just hoping to give a little bit of a sense for how data is structured and then move forward with better infrastructure and tools as we go.

If you have ideas or questions, but all means, [Contact Us](/about/contact-us.md)!&#x20;


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