Generating and presenting customized information cards

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, by the one or more computers, an indication of a data set;
• receiving, by the one or more computers, data indicating an element of the data set that is selected by a user, wherein the selected element corresponds to an entity type, an entity of the entity type, or a type of data present in the data set for entities of the entity type;
• providing, by the one or more computers, an indication of items that are associated with the selected element of the data set;
• after providing the indication of the items that are associated with the selected element of the data set, receiving, by the one or more computers, data indicating one or more items selected by the user to be included in information cards for entities of the entity type, the one or more items being selected from among the items that are associated with the selected element of the data set;
• based on the received data indicating the one or more items selected by the user, generating, by the one or more computers, an information card template for the entity type, wherein the information card template specifies that information cards generated based on the information card template include values for the one or more items selected by the user;
• and
• after generating the information card template for the entity type, providing, by the one or more computers, content of an information card for a particular entity of the entity type to one or more devices of one or more other users, wherein the content of the information card has values for the one or more items specified by the information card template, the values being determined for the particular entity based on data about the particular entity in the data set.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by the one or more computers, an indication of a data set;
• receiving, by the one or more computers, data indicating an element of the data set that is selected by a user, wherein the selected element corresponds to an entity type, an entity of the entity type, or a type of data present in the data set for entities of the entity type;
• providing, by the one or more computers, an indication of items that are associated with the selected element of the data set;
• after providing the indication of the items that are associated with the selected element of the data set, receiving, by the one or more computers, data indicating one or more items selected by the user to be included in information cards for entities of the entity type, the one or more items being selected from among the items that are associated with the selected element of the data set;
• based on the received data indicating the one or more items selected by the user, generating, by the one or more computers, an information card template for the entity type, wherein the information card template specifies that information cards generated based on the information card template include values for the one or more items selected by the user;
• and
• after generating the information card template for the entity type, providing, by the one or more computers, content of an information card for a particular entity of the entity type to one or more devices of one or more other users, wherein the content of the information card has values for the one or more items specified by the information card template, the values being determined for the particular entity based on data about the particular entity in the data set.