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Re:Google Dataset Search by combatentropy on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @04:27PM (#17921621)
I vote CSV.

- simple

- lightweight

- open

It's easy for the consumer of your data to convert a CSV to whatever format they need.

- spreadsheet, for personal analysis

- SQL database, for industrial-strength analysis

- HTML, for pretty output to their users

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Re:Google Dataset Search by lolive on Thursday September 06, 2018 @07:42AM (#17925511)
Oh, and don't forget that CSV is a rigorous data format, with many tricks. Don't just append some text together, separated by commas, and call it CSV. Instead, use a dedicated lib to create the CSV for you.
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