# Overview ## Describe your data to enable powerful visualizations DSPL is the **D** ata**s** et **P** ublishing **L** anguage, a representation language for the data and metadata of datasets. Datasets described in this format can be processed by Google and visualized in the [Google Public Data Explorer](http://www.google.com/publicdata/home). ## Features - **Use existing data:** Just add an XML metadata file to your existing CSV data files - **Powerful visualizations:** Unleash the full capabilities of the Google Public Data Explorer, including the animated bar chart, motion chart, and map visualization - **Linkable concepts:** Link to concepts in other datasets or create your own that others can use - **Multi-language:** Create datasets with metadata in any combination of languages - **Geo-enabled:** Make your data mappable by adding latitude and longitude data to your concept definitions. For even easier mapping, link to Google's canonical geographic concepts. - **Fully open:** Freely use the DSPL format in your own applications ## Getting Started - For a step-by-step guide to creating a DSPL dataset, read the [tutorial](https://developers.google.com/public-data/docs/tutorial). - Check out [the developer guide](https://developers.google.com/public-data/docs/developer_guide). - For answers to the most common questions and problems, read the [FAQ](https://developers.google.com/public-data/faq).