Re: Archiving data

Hi Manon,

The structure and the schema of a CSV file can be enhanced by implementing CSV
on the Web <https://www.w3.org/TR/tabular-data-primer/>. I do think that
format is more future proof compared to Excel and provides a better machine
readable format because you can add various metadata including the data
type of your tabular data by using various vocabulary such as Dublin
Core/schema.org...

Cheers

Pierre Dubois

On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 09:58, Tangen, Michael H (MNIT) <
michael.tangen@state.mn.us> wrote:

> CSV files can include header information as long as your first row is that
> header. But generally, yes, Excel has more potential to retain structural
> information.
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> Good morning, I have question regarding the best way to ensure that data
> is accessible once archived. My feeling is that exporting data into Excel
> format is better than CSV b/c the relationship to headers would be better
> than CSV.
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> Not sure if anyone can confirm this or provide more insight.
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> Thanks,
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