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lbruun commented on CSV-230:
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[This|https://www.w3.org/TR/tabular-data-model/#formats-for-dates-and-times]
part is complete non-sense because it is impossible to make that kind of
parsing unambiguous.
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I think you've misread the spec. The CSVW spec defines the XML Schema format as
the default. If that is not the case then an explicit format string must be
supplied in the meta data. At least that is how I read it.
But there are certainly many places where I would have liked the authors of the
CSVW standard to narrow down choice even further. Why not simply only allow for
dates and times in XML Schema format? (for example).
I've come to learn that there's a competing standard known as [Tabular Data
Package|http://frictionlessdata.io/specs/tabular-data-package/] which has been
developed under the hospice of [Frictionless Data
initiative|http://frictionlessdata.io/]. Ideally Apache Commons CSV would
support both this and CSVW standard, but it is too early to tell which will
prevail.
> Support for csvw format
> -----------------------
>
> Key: CSV-230
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CSV-230
> Project: Commons CSV
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: Parser
> Reporter: lbruun
> Priority: Major
>
> Since the dawn of days usage of the CSV format has been plagued by the lack
> of standardization. Sure we've had RFC4180 but it stops short of defining
> many things that allows a consumer to correctly interpret a CSV file.
> The [csvw|https://www.w3.org/TR/tabular-data-model/] is a fairly new standard
> from W3C which aims to fix all of this. It defines the format of a (basically
> the RFC4180) but in addition defines how metadata for a CSV file should be
> conveyed.
> The csvw standard is a completed standard. It is not work-in-progress.
> Don't be fooled by its name: "CSV on the web" it applies equally so in the
> system-to-system space.
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