Vincent Nijs created ARROW-8404:
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Summary: Read and write dataset description in both R and Python
Key: ARROW-8404
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-8404
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: New Feature
Reporter: Vincent Nijs
Below a feature request for feather. Wes suggested opening an issue here. The
idea is to add metadata to a data frame to store and display information about
the data (e.g., variable descriptions, data source, main company contact about
data, changes, etc. etc.). For a simple example in R (+ shiny) that uses a
"description" attribute in markdown format and then renders it in HTML when
loaded, see the link below. See the description for the diamonds data.
[https://vnijs.shinyapps.io/radiant]
Having a data format that works for both R and Python *and* maintains
attributes like a data description would be great!
[https://github.com/wesm/feather/issues/328]
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