Re: Scoping Question

• From: Andy Seaborne <andy@apache.org>
• Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:15:35 +0000
• To: public-csv-wg@w3.org
• Message-ID: <530B5407.8040607@apache.org>

On 21/02/14 16:44, Alf Eaton wrote:
> On 21 February 2014 16:31, Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com> wrote:
>
>> APPROACH 1: Work with what’s there
>
>> APPROACH 2: Invent something new
>
> I'd like to see both outcomes, actually: a way to describe as many as
> possible of the existing data sets so that they can be parsed, and a
> "best practices" recommendation for how to publish tabular data as
> strictly as possible.

+1

>
> If you had to choose one, though, defining a simple-to-publish and
> simple-to-parse standard seems like the most important outcome (tools
> that support it can then do so easily, and choose whether they want to
> support looser formats as well).
>
> Alf
>

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