Example Variable Metadata for Iris

Example of the necessary variable metadata included in a Dataset JSON file based on the Iris data frame.

iris_items

Format

iris_items A data frame with 5 rows and 6 columns:

itemOID

Unique identifier for Variable. Must correspond to ItemDef/@OID in Define-XML.

name

Display format supports data visualization of numeric float and date values.

label

Label for Variable

dataType

Data type for Variable

length

Length for Variable

keySequence

Indicates that this item is a key variable in the dataset structure. It also provides an ordering for the keys.