Re: Use Case: Multiple Data Sets in Single File from Alf Eaton on 2014-02-20 (public-csv-wg@w3.org from February 2014)

From: Alf Eaton <eaton.alf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:16:32 +0000
To: Craig Russell <craig@craig-russell.co.uk>
Cc: "public-csv-wg@w3.org" <public-csv-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAJVrAaSeD7RK29eEoos2wwutfz19uVoW6w3=3Ago+GncNy3mtQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 20 February 2014 10:39, Craig Russell <craig@craig-russell.co.uk> wrote:

> The downloaded CSV file may include multiple data sets, which are separated by a couple of line breaks (example attached).

> There is, at present, no clear machine readable way of differentiating these two data sets within a single file.

I like the simplicity of using 2 (or more) line breaks to imply a
separation between tables (as well to imply the separation between
descriptive header text and the actual table).

Alf

Received on Thursday, 20 February 2014 17:17:20 UTC