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Data Package is a standard consisting of a set of simple yet extensible specifications to describe datasets, data files and tabular data. It is a data definition language (DDL) and data API that facilitates findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR) of data.
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Default field type: "string" -> "any" #827

Closed roll closed 6 months ago

roll commented 1 year ago

Overview

Currently,

type and format properties are used to give The type of the field (string, number etc) - see below for more detail. If type is not provided a consumer should assume a type of “string”.

I guess this behavior was influenced by csv but in-general the standard for defaulting type is making it untyped i.e. "any" not a concrete type