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Allow for suffix separator to be defined for fields in record formats #5077

Open bronwyncombs opened 1 month ago

bronwyncombs commented 1 month ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

You are unable to add a separator value that goes after a field when defining record formats. A common example/need for this is to add parenthesis around a field within the format.

Is it possible to add brackets in the table format as a separator? image

Describe the solution you'd like A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.

Allow for defining a blank/null field with separator that shows up i.e.

<field sep="( ">address2</field>
<field sep=") ">blank</field>

Describe alternatives you've considered A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Allow for defining a suffix separator that goes in-line with the field i.e. <field sep="( ">address2<sep=") "</field>

Reported By Jordi @ MCNB

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The only way you can achieve this currently is if there is another field following the field that needs to be enclosed. The following field must have a value on the record to appear, so if that field is null the parentheses would be null for the first field.

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Jagullov commented 1 month ago

Thank you for taking the request. it's just to follow the recommendations as indicated by DarwinCore https://dwc.tdwg.org/list/#dwc_preparations image