====== Data Resource - Type Attribute ======


===== About =====
''type'' is a [[attribute|data resource attribute]] that defines at a high-level, the [[structure|structure of the data resource]].

We follow the [[https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml|media type]] convention.



===== Usage =====
With the [[docs:tabli:data:print|print]], [[docs:tabli:data:head|head]] and [[docs:tabli:data:tail|tail]] data command, you can specify the ''type'' (ie ''media type'' with the ''%%--type%%'' [[docs:tabli:option|option]].

This is handy when you want to see the first lines of a document such as [[json|json]] or [[xml|xml]] because by default, ''Tabulify'' treats one document as one line.

Example:
<unit>
<code bash>
tabli data head --type text xml/relation.xml@howto
</code>
<console>
</console>
</unit>

===== Example =====

With the [[docs:tabli:data:info|tabli data info]] command, we can see that a [[csv|csv file]] has the type ''text/csv''.

<unit>
<code dos>
tabli data info characters.csv@howto
</code>
<console>
Information about the data resource (characters.csv@howto)
ATTRIBUTE      VALUE
------------   ----------------------------------------------------------
AbsolutePath   D:\code\bytle-mono\db-website\src\doc\howto\characters.csv
Characterset   ISO-8859-2
Connection     howto
Count          4
DataUri        characters.csv@howto
LogicalName    characters
Name           characters.csv
Path           characters.csv
Size           346
Type           text/csv
</console>
</unit>