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questions about sql download format name #382

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MortenHofft opened this issue Feb 11, 2025 · 1 comment
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questions about sql download format name #382

MortenHofft opened this issue Feb 11, 2025 · 1 comment

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@MortenHofft
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https://api.gbif.org/v1/enumeration/basic/DownloadFormat

[
"DWCA",
"SIMPLE_CSV",
"SIMPLE_AVRO",
"SIMPLE_WITH_VERBATIM_AVRO",
"SPECIES_LIST",
"MAP_OF_LIFE",
"BIONOMIA",
"SIMPLE_PARQUET",
"SQL_TSV_ZIP" <====
]

Why does it say ZIP . the others are also zipped but doesn't state so.

And secondly why TSV when we normally use CSV for tab separated .csv . If we no longer believe it is ideal to call tab separated CSVs for CSV, should we then add a SIMPLE_TSV as well and use that primarily? Since that is probably the most frequent type of questions coming to helpdesk?

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yes this is indeed one of the most common question we get. It would make sense to have a SIMPLE_TSV download format. (Also same question about ZIP).

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