Class: Dialect

CSV dialect specification describing the format of the source data file.

URI: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/source_data/Dialect

         classDiagram
    class Dialect
    click Dialect href "../Dialect/"
      Dialect : candidateDelimiters
        
      Dialect : columnHeaderLines
        
      Dialect : decimal
        
      Dialect : delimiter
        
      Dialect : encoding
        
      Dialect : headerLines
        
      
    

Slots

Name	Cardinality and Range	Description	Examples
delimiter	0..1 String	Column delimiter character used in the data file	,, ;, \t
candidateDelimiters	* String	Optional list of candidate delimiters used when trying to infer the file dial…	,, ;, \t
decimal	0..1 String	Character used as decimal separator	., ,
encoding	0..1 String	Character encoding of the data file	utf-8, latin-1
headerLines	0..1 Integer	Number of header lines to skip before the column headers	5
columnHeaderLines	0..1 Integer	Number of lines that make up the column headers	2

Usages

used by	used in	type	used
DataDescription	dialect	range	Dialect

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/source_data

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/source_data/Dialect
native	https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/source_data/Dialect

LinkML Source

Direct

```yaml name: Dialect description: CSV dialect specification describing the format of the source data file. from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/source_data attributes: delimiter: name: delimiter description: Column delimiter character used in the data file. examples: - value: ',' - value: ; - value: \t from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description rank: 1000 domain_of: - Dialect range: string candidateDelimiters: name: candidateDelimiters description: Optional list of candidate delimiters used when trying to infer the file dialect. examples: - value: ',' - value: ; - value: \t from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description rank: 1000 domain_of: - Dialect range: string multivalued: true decimal: name: decimal description: Character used as decimal separator. examples: - value: . - value: ',' from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description rank: 1000 domain_of: - Dialect range: string encoding: name: encoding description: Character encoding of the data file. examples: - value: utf-8 - value: latin-1 from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description rank: 1000 domain_of: - Dialect range: string headerLines: name: headerLines description: Number of header lines to skip before the column headers. examples: - value: '5' from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description rank: 1000 domain_of: - Dialect range: integer columnHeaderLines: name: columnHeaderLines description: Number of lines that make up the column headers. If more than one, header parts are joined with ' / '. examples: - value: '2' from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description rank: 1000 domain_of: - Dialect range: integer

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### Induced

<details>
```yaml
name: Dialect
description: CSV dialect specification describing the format of the source data file.
from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/source_data
attributes:
  delimiter:
    name: delimiter
    description: Column delimiter character used in the data file.
    examples:
    - value: ','
    - value: ;
    - value: \t
    from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description
    rank: 1000
    alias: delimiter
    owner: Dialect
    domain_of:
    - Dialect
    range: string
  candidateDelimiters:
    name: candidateDelimiters
    description: Optional list of candidate delimiters used when trying to infer the
      file dialect.
    examples:
    - value: ','
    - value: ;
    - value: \t
    from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description
    rank: 1000
    alias: candidateDelimiters
    owner: Dialect
    domain_of:
    - Dialect
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  decimal:
    name: decimal
    description: Character used as decimal separator.
    examples:
    - value: .
    - value: ','
    from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description
    rank: 1000
    alias: decimal
    owner: Dialect
    domain_of:
    - Dialect
    range: string
  encoding:
    name: encoding
    description: Character encoding of the data file.
    examples:
    - value: utf-8
    - value: latin-1
    from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description
    rank: 1000
    alias: encoding
    owner: Dialect
    domain_of:
    - Dialect
    range: string
  headerLines:
    name: headerLines
    description: Number of header lines to skip before the column headers.
    examples:
    - value: '5'
    from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description
    rank: 1000
    alias: headerLines
    owner: Dialect
    domain_of:
    - Dialect
    range: integer
  columnHeaderLines:
    name: columnHeaderLines
    description: Number of lines that make up the column headers. If more than one,
      header parts are joined with ' / '.
    examples:
    - value: '2'
    from_schema: https://echemdb.github.io/metadata-schema/data_description
    rank: 1000
    alias: columnHeaderLines
    owner: Dialect
    domain_of:
    - Dialect
    range: integer