NAME TableData - Specification for TableData::*, modules that contains table data SPECIFICATION VERSION 0.2 VERSION This document describes version 0.2.5 of TableData (from Perl distribution TableData), released on 2023-11-24. SYNOPSIS Use one of the "TableData::*" modules. DESCRIPTION NOTE: EARLY SPECIFICATION; THINGS WILL STILL CHANGE A LOT. "TableData::*" modules are modules that contain two-dimensional table data. The table can be accessed via a standard interface (see TableDataRole::Spec::Basic). An example of table data would be list of countries along with their names and country code, or a list of CPAN authors along with their published email addresses. Why put data in a Perl module, as a Perl distribution? To leverage the Perl/CPAN toolchain and infrastructure: 1) ease of installation, update, and uninstallation; 2) allowing dependency expression and version comparison; 3) ease of packaging further as OS packages, e.g. Debian packages (converted from Perl distribution); 4) testing by CPAN Testers. The table data can actually be stored as CSV in the DATA section of a Perl module, or as a CSV file in a shared directory of a Perl distribution, or a Perl structure in the module source code, or from other sources. The standard interface provides a convenient and consistent way to access the data, from accessing the rows, getting the column names, and dumping to CSV or Perl structure for other tools to operate on. To get started, see TableDataRole::Spec::Basic and one of existing "TableData::*" module. NAMESPACE ORGANIZATION TableData "TableData" (this module) is the specification. All the modules under "TableData::*" are modules with actual table data. The entity mentioned in the module name should be singular, not plural (e.g. "TableData::Person::AcmeInc" instead of "TableData::Persons::AcmeInc" or "TableData::People::AcmeInc". More specific subnamespaces for more specific types of table data are described in entries below. TableData::Calendar::* For calendar-related data. TableData::Calendar::Date::* For table containing calendar dates. Examples: "TableData::Calendar::Date::Holiday::ID" contains holiday dates for Indonesia. "TableData::Calendar::Date::Holiday::AU::TAS" contains holiday dates for Tasmania, Australia. TableData::Lingua::* For human-language-related data. TableData::Lingua::Dict::* For dictionaries. For monolingual language dictionaries, a 2-letter ISO language code should be added as subnamespace prefix. For bilingual dictionaries, a "LANGCODE1_LANGCODE2" should be added as subnamespace prefix. All "TableData::Lingua::Dict::*" modules should contain the columns "entry" and "description". Examples: TableData::Lingua::Dict::Foldoc, TableData::Lingua::Dict::ID::KBBI, TableData::Lingua::Dict::ZH::Proverb::StarDict, TableData::Lingua::Dict::FR_EN::FreeDict. TableData::Lingua::Word::* For tables that contain word list. This is now preferred namespace to WordList, and an alternative for "ArrayData::Lingua::Word::" namespace. All "TableData::Lingua::Word::*" modules should contain the column "word" so they are usable from applications like word games. A 2-letter ISO language code should be added as subnamespace prefix whenever applicable. Example: TableData::Lingua::Word::EN::Adjective::TalkEnglish (list of top adjectives from talkenglish.com website, along with some other data like frequency). TableData::Locale::* For locale-related data. Examples: "TableData::Locale::Country" (list of countries in the world), TableData::Locale::US::State (list of US states), "TableData::Locale::ID::Province" (list of Indonesian provinces). TableDataRole::* The roles. TableDataRoles::* "TableDataRoles::*" are names for distributions that contains several role modules. TableDataBase::* For base classes. TableDataBases::* "TableDataBases::*" are names for distributions that contain several "TableDataBase" modules. TableDataBundle::* "TableDataBundle::*" are names for distributions that contain several "TableData" modules. The subnamespaces can follow that of "TableData". Examples: TableDataBundle::Perl::CPAN::Release which contains TableData::Perl::CPAN::Release::Static and TableData::Perl::CPAN::Release::Static::FromNewest. TableDataBundle::Software::License which contains TableData::Software::License::FromRPL and TableData::Software::License::FromSL. RELATED NAMESPACES Data::TableData::* Modules that contain code to work with table data (not necessarily table data in "TableData::" modules). FAQ How do I pick random row(s) from a table? Apply one of the appropriate "Role::TinyCommons::Collection::PickItems::*" roles, e.g. Role::TinyCommons::Collection::PickItems::Iterator (which can always be used, but other role might offer some speedup). This will provide you the "pick_item" and "pick_items" methods. For example, to select a random quoute from TableData::Quote::JamesFT: use Role::Tiny; use TableData::Quote::JamesFT; my $td = TableData::Quote::JamesFT->new; Role::Tiny->apply_roles_to_object($td, 'Role::TinyCommons::Collection::PickItems::Iterator'); my $row = $td->pick_item; HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . SEE ALSO ArrayData, HashData are related projects. WordList is an older, related project. Modules and CLIs that manipulate table data: Data::TableData::Object, td (from App::td). AUTHOR perlancar CONTRIBUTING To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub. Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via: % prove -l If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 by perlancar . This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.