UI: Viewing Dataset Metadata

[bryantrobbins]

There are a number of publicly available datasets with Baseball statistics.

As a key feature of its UI, Baseball Workbench should have a "Metadata Viewer" layout. The UI can retrieve dataset metadata from an API call.

Metadata can be assumed to include:

• Dataset Name: A unique identifier for this dataset, such as "Lahman.Hitters"
• Dataset Description: A text description of the dataset
• Row Description: A text description of what each row in the dataset represents (all rows will represent the same thing, so only one description is required)
• Column Metadata: A unique Name, text description, and data type (String, Count, Ratio) for each column in the dataset

[SMxJrz]

Since I've been working on this, you can slap it on me

[bryantrobbins]

I think the only thing missing from the list is the dataset description. That can include the row description (no need for them to be separate items in JSON object or ui).

Basically, when you select a dataset, you should get a little paragraph somewhere on the screen telling you what that dataset contains.