Vincent Nijs created ARROW-8404: ----------------------------------- 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] -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)