System and method for semantic aware data science

A system performed by a computing device, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device comprising program code configured to cause the processor to:
• import a library into a computer program, the library comprising a data storage interface, a data operation, and a semantic object that comprises an instantiation of a class of an object-oriented programming language;
• generate, via the data storage interface, a dataset that enables code from the library to be referenced within the computer program;
• generate a semantically-annotated dataset by storing, in a data structure associated with the dataset, a mapping between one or more attributes of the dataset and semantic attributes defined by the semantic object, the semantic object comprising executable code that defines a function;
• and
• perform a semantic aware operation based on the semantically-annotated dataset, the semantic aware operation comprising:
• automatically selecting, by the computing device, one or more attributes of the dataset based on the mapping;
• and
• invoking, by the computing device, the executable code of the function defined by the semantic object based on the one or more attributes to perform a data manipulation or data analysis operation.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• import a library into a computer program, the library comprising a data storage interface, a data operation, and a semantic object that comprises an instantiation of a class of an object-oriented programming language;
• generate, via the data storage interface, a dataset that enables code from the library to be referenced within the computer program;
• generate a semantically-annotated dataset by storing, in a data structure associated with the dataset, a mapping between one or more attributes of the dataset and semantic attributes defined by the semantic object, the semantic object comprising executable code that defines a function;
• and
• perform a semantic aware operation based on the semantically-annotated dataset, the semantic aware operation comprising:
• automatically selecting, by the computing device, one or more attributes of the dataset based on the mapping;
• and
• invoking, by the computing device, the executable code of the function defined by the semantic object based on the one or more attributes to perform a data manipulation or data analysis operation.