{
  "id": 353316,
  "title": "Use of external datasets",
  "url": "/competitions/rsna-2022-cervical-spine-fracture-detection/discussion/353316",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-09-17T20:28:25.865580300Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Apologies if it's already been clarified somewhere, but can we use external open datasets for this competition (e.g. as supplemental training data)?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1943872",
      "postDate": "09/17/2022 20:28:25",
      "content": "<p>Apologies if it's already been clarified somewhere, but can we use external open datasets for this competition (e.g. as supplemental training data)?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Apologies if it's already been clarified somewhere, but can we use external open datasets for this competition (e.g. as supplemental training data)?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1944016",
      "postDate": "09/18/2022 01:50:23",
      "content": "<p>Per competition rules (7C), yes as long as it is publicly available.</p>\n<p>Here is the excerpt:</p>\n<p>*External Data. You may use data other than the Competition Data (“External Data”) to develop and test your Submissions. However, you will ensure the External Data is publicly available and equally accessible to use by all participants of the Competition for purposes of the competition at no cost to the other participants. *</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Per competition rules (7C), yes as long as it is publicly available.\n\nHere is the excerpt:\n\n*External Data. You may use data other than the Competition Data (“External Data”) to develop and test your Submissions. However, you will ensure the External Data is publicly available and equally accessible to use by all participants of the Competition for purposes of the competition at no cost to the other participants. *",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1945059",
      "postDate": "09/18/2022 19:41:32",
      "content": "<p>Great thank you very much.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great thank you very much.",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1944016,
      "author_name": "bardiakh",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/18/2022 01:50:23",
      "content": "<p>Per competition rules (7C), yes as long as it is publicly available.</p>\n<p>Here is the excerpt:</p>\n<p>*External Data. You may use data other than the Competition Data (“External Data”) to develop and test your Submissions. However, you will ensure the External Data is publicly available and equally accessible to use by all participants of the Competition for purposes of the competition at no cost to the other participants. *</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1945059,
          "author_name": "taindow",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "09/18/2022 19:41:32",
          "content": "<p>Great thank you very much.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1943872": "Apologies if it's already been clarified somewhere, but can we use external open datasets for this competition (e.g. as supplemental training data)?",
    "1944016": "Per competition rules (7C), yes as long as it is publicly available.\n\nHere is the excerpt:\n\n*External Data. You may use data other than the Competition Data (“External Data”) to develop and test your Submissions. However, you will ensure the External Data is publicly available and equally accessible to use by all participants of the Competition for purposes of the competition at no cost to the other participants. *",
    "1945059": "Great thank you very much."
  },
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}