--- description: Explore BaseDataset in Ultralytics docs. Learn how this implementation simplifies dataset creation and manipulation. keywords: Ultralytics, docs, BaseDataset, data manipulation, dataset creation --- # Reference for `ultralytics/data/base.py` !!! Note This file is available at [https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/blob/main/ultralytics/data/base.py](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/blob/main/ultralytics/data/base.py). If you spot a problem please help fix it by [contributing](../../help/contributing.md) a [Pull Request](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/edit/main/ultralytics/data/base.py) 🛠️. Thank you 🙏!

## ::: ultralytics.data.base.BaseDataset