- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:30:59 -0400
- To: Yakov Shafranovich <yakov-ietf@shaftek.org>
- CC: W3C CSV on the Web Working Group <public-csv-wg@w3.org>
The instance data and metadata CSV files that I used in the video: http://tinyurl.com/tree-ops http://tinyurl.com/tree-ops-metadata David Booth On 04/29/2015 11:01 PM, Yakov Shafranovich wrote: > Do you have a sample file? > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:43 PM, David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote: >> I don't know if the working group has already considered this, but I'd like >> to suggest consider allowing CSV metadata to be specified in another CSV >> file, as an alternative to JSON. I have found this approach to be quite >> convenient in a tool that I've been developing, and I think it could >> increase uptake of a CSV metadata standard. >> >> Here is a very short mockup video (2 minutes 59 seconds) that illustrates >> this approach: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmQWHdaN8_w >> >> I realize that some CSV metadata authors may prefer JSON syntax. But as >> simple as JSON is, spreadsheet competence is far more widespread. Also I >> would not blame anyone for being disinclined to consider this approach given >> the late date. But this approach only involves different syntax -- not >> semantics -- and if it does indeed lower the adoption barrier then it seems >> to me that it would be worth considering. >> >> What do others think? >> >> Thanks, >> David Booth >> >> > > >
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