Formats

Name Description Use Cases
HTML HTML, short for Hyper-text Markup Language, is the language of the Web that facilitates presentation of information in a schematic, stylish, and navigational way.
  • Web sites / pages
  • Inter-linked documents
  • Interactive interface
JSON JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is the de facto information exchange standard by programmers and information systems that communicate via the Internet / HTTP.
  • Programming
  • Parameter exchanges
  • Schematic data transfer
XML XML, short for eXtensible Markup Language, is as widely used as JSON by programmers and information systems to exchange structural data on the Internet / HTTP, readable by both human and machine.
  • Programming
  • Parameter exchanges
  • Schematic data transfer
  • Human consumption
Excel Microsoft Excel, the world's spreadsheet program.
  • Office spreadsheet
  • Tabular data
  • Data analysis / programming
CSV Comma-separated values, or CSV, is a simple yet universal plain text format for tabular data.
  • Programming
  • Tabular data
  • Plain text
PDF Portable Document Format, of Adobe, is the universal format in visual presentation and print.
  • Print
  • Manuals
  • Documents
  • Books
  • Visual / Graphics / Infographics

Manifests

Name Description / Use Cases Example
Cluster

DataSN invented multi-dimensional presentation of data, as a family or a network of data rows / objects of different tables relating to one another.

Related or descendent rows / objects are associated with the parent row by an array of IDs in the keys.

  • A schema of related tables
  • A Database
  • Related rows of different tables
  • Excel Workbook
{
  "business": {
    "5009": {
      "id": "5009",
      "ts": "2017-06-19 15:41:40",
      "title": "Industrial Chrome Plate Inc",
      "address_street": "2805 S Flores St",
      "address_locality": "San Antonio",
      "address_region": "TX",
      "postal_code": "78204",
      "telephone": "(210) 226-1261",
      "category": "Plating",
      "website": "http://icp-sa.com",
      "category_1_x_business_id": {
        "5009": []
      },
      "business_image_id": {
        "1080": []
      }
    }
  },
  "category_1_x_business": {
    "5009": {
      "id": "5009",
      "ts": "2017-06-19 15:41:40",
      "category_1_id": "173",
      "business_id": "5009"
    }
  },
  "category_1": {
    "173": {
      "category_1_x_business_id": {
        "5009": []
      },
      "id": "173",
      "ts": "2017-06-19 15:41:40",
      "title": "Chrome Plating",
      "city_id": "2"
    }
  },
  "city": {
    "2": {
      "category_1_id": {
        "173": []
      },
      "id": "2",
      "ts": "2017-06-19 14:39:08",
      "title": "San Antonio"
    }
  },
  "business_image": {
    "1080": {
      "id": "1080",
      "path": "/fd/b8/fdb81025ad3faee3.jpg",
      "business_id": "5009"
    }
  }
}
Row

Traditional 2-dimensional data presentation as a table with columns and rows.

Related or descendent data rows / objects are nested under the parent row as sub rows / objects.

  • A single table
  • Excel Worksheet
{
  "5009": {
    "business.id": "5009",
    "business.ts": "2017-06-19 15:41:40",
    "business.title": "Industrial Chrome Plate Inc",
    "business.address_street": "2805 S Flores St",
    "business.address_locality": "San Antonio",
    "business.address_region": "TX",
    "business.postal_code": "78204",
    "business.telephone": "(210) 226-1261",
    "business.category": "Plating",
    "business.website": "http://icp-sa.com",
    "business.category_1_x_business_id": {
      "5009": {
        "category_1_x_business.id": "5009",
        "category_1_x_business.ts": "2017-06-19 15:41:40",
        "category_1_x_business.category_1_id": {
          "173": {
            "category_1.id": "173",
            "category_1.ts": "2017-06-19 15:41:40",
            "category_1.title": "Chrome Plating",
            "category_1.city_id": {
              "2": {
                "city.id": "2",
                "city.ts": "2017-06-19 14:39:08",
                "city.title": "San Antonio"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "business.business_image_id": {
      "1080": {
        "business_image.id": "1080",
        "business_image.path": "/fd/b8/fdb81025ad3faee3.jpg"
      }
    }
  }
}

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