[log in to unmask],Net writes:
>Ideally, it would be nice to move to a state where all systems export
>to
>the same CSV format, and can also import from it.
Beg leave to differ on the format.
I submit that a marked up format is preferable to the csv, since it
carries the information necessary to give meaning to the data along
with the data.
But it should be a format which can be used directly as a record.
In the same way as HTML it should be possible to produce forward
compatibility, where tags that are not understood are presented and not
altered.
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