Getting Started

A csvs dataset is a directory that contains plain text files in the "comma-separated value" format, or CSV. Any directory that contains a .csvs.csv file is a valid csvs dataset. Each CSV file represents a table with two columns and is called a "tablet". The first column is a key, and the second column is a value. You can store records by appending lines to the tablets. To represent complex objects and connect the tablets to each other, specify the relationships between values in the schema file _-_.csv.

Here's an example of the simplest csvs dataset that contains a record about visiting Japan in 2001.

# .csvs.csv
csvs,0.0.2

# _-_.csv
event,date

# event-date.csv
visited-japan,2001-01-01

To learn more about csvs, see the Tutorial and the User guides.

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