RE: Archiving data

I’d also add that CSV is usually super easy to import into Excel anyway, so if that’s what somebody wants, it’s not difficult to do. Excel can be more accessible than CSV, but my gut tells me it’s probably no better than CSV unless you put work into making it accessible.

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Hi Manon,

The structure and the schema of a CSV file can be enhanced by implementing CSV on the Web<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.w3.org/TR/tabular-data-primer/__;!!C5qS4YX3!GMybNVmRGTQ15jxFnTjTtSMITweaohHP0X9JicMs12vKg-ou-OZQKVvg448ULm19r711AkdvcDsdRpvhUEM$>. 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...

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Pierre Dubois

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

Not sure if anyone can confirm this or provide more insight.



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