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Datatable Hint

This is a type used in Stencila Schema for providing a concise summary of the structure of a Datatable.

It exists to support both human and machine understanding of tabular data, including schema inference, import workflows, user interfaces, and code generation workflows such as choosing suitable visualizations for large datasets. Unlike validators, it summarizes observed or inferred structure rather than enforcing it.

Key properties include per-column hints and dataset-level observations.

Properties

The DatatableHint type has these properties:

NameDescriptionTypeInherited from
rowsThe number of rows of data.Integer-
columnsA hint for each column of data.DatatableColumnHint*-
idThe identifier for this item.StringEntity

Related

The DatatableHint type is related to these types:

Bindings

The DatatableHint type is represented in:


This documentation was generated from DatatableHint.yaml by docs_types.rs.

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