Creates a new, empty dataset.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : str, optional
            The name of the dataset.

        description : str, optional
            The description of the dataset.

        Returns
        -------
        request.Response
            The response contains the properties of a new dataset as a JSON object.

def create(self, name=None, description=None):
        """Creates a new, empty dataset.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : str, optional
            The name of the dataset.

        description : str, optional
            The description of the dataset.

        Returns
        -------
        request.Response
            The response contains the properties of a new dataset as a JSON object.
        """
        
        uri = URITemplate(self.baseuri + '/{owner}').expand(
            owner=self.username)
        return self.session.post(uri, json=self._attribs(name, description))