> If you want something better than CSV to take off...JSON doesn't...
Agreed. I don't ever see something better than CSV taking off (having worked on this problem for better part of a decade) unless you could get to the point where you've got a largely similar notation, but a richer semantic grammar powered by something like Schema.org.
In other words, a strongly typed CSV with a community backed schema. I think GPT-3 and the like are a big wild card here. I can't describe how, but I expect in 20 years we will be using something better for storing data and will look back and saw "CSV used to be the best but then GPT-N _____________".
Agreed. I don't ever see something better than CSV taking off (having worked on this problem for better part of a decade) unless you could get to the point where you've got a largely similar notation, but a richer semantic grammar powered by something like Schema.org.
In other words, a strongly typed CSV with a community backed schema. I think GPT-3 and the like are a big wild card here. I can't describe how, but I expect in 20 years we will be using something better for storing data and will look back and saw "CSV used to be the best but then GPT-N _____________".