- From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:37:56 +0100
- To: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Cc: W3C CSV on the Web Working Group <public-csv-wg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CACBrLzd9PR2wo8BGyVYeu2TMss2=rNVfy2_hVc_oMKDGJxqmOg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi David, Yes, we did discuss this a earlier on and you might be aware of similar approaches in HXL [1] and Linked CSV [2]. We decided to rule this out of scope for now, mostly because adoption would require publisher effort to amend existing CSV files and we only had time to address the 80% case. However, we have tried to ensure that the specifications support the scenario where someone (maybe a future incarnation of the group) defines a CSV-based syntax that includes embedded metadata. You'll see an example of how that could work in [3]. Can you confirm that you're content with this response? Thanks, Jeni [1] http://hxlstandard.org/ [2] http://jenit.github.io/linked-csv/ [3] http://w3c.github.io/csvw/syntax/index.html#recognising-tabular-data-formats On 30 Apr 2015 03:43, "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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