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From: jmcbray@carcosa.net
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Subject: Re: Tables in Gemini
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:31:46 -0400
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news@zzo38computer.org.invalid writes:

> I agree that laying out regular data is a useful thing, but I think this
> is not the best way to do it. I think linking to a separate CSV file would
> do it (although CSV lacks data types and some of these other features, but
> it is simpler to get it to work).

I agree that linking to a separate CSV file is a better way of
representing tabular data in Gemini. CSV has a lot of limitations and
issues, but they're well understood by now. You could also represent
tables in a less ambiguous way with XML or JSON (again, as linked
files), but CSV has more of the Gemini nature (power to weight ratio).

If a client wanted to provide a way to expand linked CSV files to inline
tables the way some do with images, that's purely a client-side issue
that can be done without affecting the spec, servers, or other clients. 

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Jason McBrayer      | “Strange is the night where black stars rise,
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                    | but stranger still is lost Carcosa.”
                    | ― Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow