Feature Request: export data dictionaries as .csv

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Web application for writing metadata, an ADIwg project

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Feature Request: export data dictionaries as .csv #328

Open lmakielski opened 4 years ago

lmakielski commented 4 years ago

Feature Request: It would be awesome if you could export a data dictionary or a domain built in mdEditor as a csv. I have to store my data dictionaries in Excel alongside the data as well as in mdEditor, and it would be nice not to have to update it in both places.

Thank you! mdEditor is awesome!

jlblcc commented 4 years ago

I suppose if we export, we should support importing (in the same format).

jlblcc commented 4 years ago

I assume you'd like to:

[ ] import domain
[ ] export domain
[ ] export entity attributes with definitions
[ ] import entity attributes with definitions

These will be separate .csv files, of course.

lmakielski commented 4 years ago

Yeah, that would be great!

dwalt commented 3 years ago

This request came up from the USGS EMA Data Mgrs. group today. Specifically, a desire to utilize the data base metadata elements in mdJSON. Manage the dictionary in the structured format and export/import to CSV/spreadsheet for user readibility.

hdvincelette commented 2 years ago

I agree an export to csv feature would be very useful in mdEditor. While mdJSON formatted metadata is more computer-readable, I prefer a table-based dictionary as a daily reference when working with the represented datasets. Until this feature is added to mdEditor, an alternative option is the mdJSONdictio R package . The function build.table() translates the mdJSON data dictionaries to a tabular format, capturing most of the information in the Domains and Entities tabs.