[OSGeo-Standards] CSV spatial data on the web

[Johan Van de Wauw]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy
>
>> However looking at the GeoCSV specification it would be a step
>> backwards for our users due to the field delimiter being semicolon.
>
> Semicolon is well supported in software.
> Tab is poorly supported in some text editors.
> Comma is heavy used in number values in european countries.
> What delimiter do you prefer and why?

I would choose a delimiter which is uncommon in text. Eg pipe "|"
seems a reasonable choice.