{
  "id": 602911,
  "title": "Questions about External datasets",
  "url": "/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/602911",
  "author_name": "Harshit Sheoran",
  "post_date": "2025-08-30T13:27:57.981000",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi!</p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/guntasdhanjal\" target=\"_blank\">@guntasdhanjal</a> , for hosting this competition.</p>\n<p>I wanted to ask about if external datasets can be used, if so, what licenses or limitations are we going for, and is it allowed to train a single model for both Division A and Division B of the competition by combining the datasets</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 3278770,
      "postDate": "2025-08-30T13:27:57.980Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi!</p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/guntasdhanjal\" target=\"_blank\">@guntasdhanjal</a> , for hosting this competition.</p>\n<p>I wanted to ask about if external datasets can be used, if so, what licenses or limitations are we going for, and is it allowed to train a single model for both Division A and Division B of the competition by combining the datasets</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi!\n\nThank you @guntasdhanjal , for hosting this competition.\n\nI wanted to ask about if external datasets can be used, if so, what licenses or limitations are we going for, and is it allowed to train a single model for both Division A and Division B of the competition by combining the datasets",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 3278774,
      "postDate": "2025-08-30T13:30:49.383Z",
      "content": "<p>Update: I got most of the answers I was looking for here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/600147#3278718\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/600147#3278718</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Update: I got most of the answers I was looking for here:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/600147#3278718",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3280149,
          "postDate": "2025-09-02T08:26:52.213Z",
          "content": "<p>Glad to hear you found the answers in the earlier thread. Just to reconfirm: external datasets are only allowed if they are public, free to use, and properly cited. Please make sure any dataset you use complies with the competition’s licensing rules.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Glad to hear you found the answers in the earlier thread. Just to reconfirm: external datasets are only allowed if they are public, free to use, and properly cited. Please make sure any dataset you use complies with the competition’s licensing rules."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3278774,
      "author_name": "Harshit Sheoran",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-08-30T13:30:49.383000",
      "content": "<p>Update: I got most of the answers I was looking for here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/600147#3278718\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/600147#3278718</a></p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3280149,
          "author_name": "Guntas Dhanjal",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2025-09-02T08:26:52.213000",
          "content": "<p>Glad to hear you found the answers in the earlier thread. Just to reconfirm: external datasets are only allowed if they are public, free to use, and properly cited. Please make sure any dataset you use complies with the competition’s licensing rules.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3278770": "Hi!\n\nThank you @guntasdhanjal , for hosting this competition.\n\nI wanted to ask about if external datasets can be used, if so, what licenses or limitations are we going for, and is it allowed to train a single model for both Division A and Division B of the competition by combining the datasets",
    "3278774": "Update: I got most of the answers I was looking for here:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/grand-xray-slam-division-a/discussion/600147#3278718"
  }
}