[Repec-data] A first proposal

[David K. Levine]

A substantial amount of data is in the form of a collection of tables. But I agree, not all. That's why this lower level metadata about tables needs to be optional.

----- On 8/29/2013 08:17 am repec-data at lists.ope wrote -----

  David K. Levine writes

> a table (standard usage in SQL) has rows and columns, 

  sure I understand that

> The point is the metadata should say which it is, the file being a
> more fundamental object for the purpose of analyzing data than the
> way it is divided or not divided into files.

  You mean the 'the table being a more' ? 

  My problem with this reasoning is that data may not be in tabular
  form, and then we are not sure what a table is.


  Cheers,

  Thomas Krichel                  http://openlib.org/home/krichel
                                              skype:thomaskrichel

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