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David Tarrant @davetaz | Ulrich Atz @stats

CSV Fine Tuning

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Introductions

Your name

Where youve come from

Role

Your aims/expectations for thissession.

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Understand the format, challenges andbenefits for data as CSV.

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Identify the characteristics of a comma-separated v

(CSV) file.

Understand the potential benefits and problems wit

and using CSV files.

Translate a spreadsheet (e.g. excel, open o"ce etc.

valid CSV.

Use a number of tools to validate and analyse CSV

datasets.

O

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WHAT IS A

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2014: The Year of CSV

The vast majority of publishedopen data is tabular; over 90%of the data published on

data.gov.ukis tabular data.

http://theodi.org/blog/2014-the-year-of-csv

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1.

Find the Key Figures & Facts relating toGovernment Hospitality Wine Cellar at 1

2014

2.

Download the CSV

3. Upload it to datawrapper.de

Ex

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Data formats

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Five Aspects

Contextual

Legal

Technical

Social

Practical

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1. Create a CSV file.

Ex

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1. Create a CSV file.

2. Open it in a text editor

Ex

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1. Create a CSV file.

2. Open it in a text editor

3.

Upload your file to csvlint.io

Ex

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1. Create a CSV file.

2. Open it in a text editor

3.

Upload your file to csvlint.io

4. Compare your result

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1. Create a CSV file.

2. Open it in a text editor

3. Upload your file to csvlint.io

4.

Compare your result

5. Try downloading the standardised vers

Ex

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1. Create a CSV file.

2.

Open it in a text editor

3. Upload your file to csvlint.io

4. Compare your result

5. Try downloading the standardised vers

6. Clean up your CSV until it is valid

Ex

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There is more to publishing any tabularsimply with a .csv extension.

From Excel

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Number of datasets on data.govin a CSV format

http://theodi.org/blog/the-status-of-csvs-on-datago

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Slide inspired by Andrew Stott

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Thank you!