Temporal data Data Engineering
noun phrase
Definition: Data that includes an explicit temporal dimension, such as timestamps, time points, or validity intervals, and is used to represent events, states, or changes over time [Microsoft].
Example in context: “We plan to analyze the performance of several temporal GNN models across diverse temporal data distributions and propose model enhancement methods tailored to such scenarios.” [Akujuobi et al. 2024]
Synonym: time-oriented data
Related terms: time series, temporal database, timestamped data