Adding Metadata / Identifier Data to a Csv File?
Is There a Way to Add a "Tag" (Add a Unique Metadata/Identifier) to a Csv File Without Affecting the Contents or Ability to Read/Write the File? I Am Using...
Is there a way to add a "tag" (add a unique metadata/identifier) to a CSV file without affecting the contents or ability to read/write the file?
I am using Python, but I don't think the language matters here.
3 Answers
This would be compliant with W3C embedded metadata format:
#publisher,W3C
#updated,2015-10-17T00:00:00Z
#name,sensor,temperature
#datatype,string,float
sensor,temperature
s-1,25.5
Just add comment lines that you can parse later.
#Creator:JohnSmith
#Date:....
#Columns:id,username,...
1,JohnSmith
2, ..
In case you are not sure that all possible readers/writers of the file will be able to interpret (and preserve) comments, create the tag in a second file using some name convention that links them. Example:
myCSVFile.csv
myCSVFile.csv.tag
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