README questions

[danfowler]

• Is it worth distinguishing between "Metatab data packages" and "Frictionless Data (Data?) Packages"? You mention "data packages" in the README several times, but only once is it in the context of Frictionless Data.
• Just a suggestion: when using metatab -c, metatab -a and metapack -s, it might be helpful to explicitly show the updates that are happening to metatab.csv for clarity
  • Also, why metapack -s for generating schemas and not metatab -s?

[ericbusboom]

Is it worth distinguishing between "Metatab data packages" and "Frictionless Data (Data?) Packages"? You mention "data packages" in the README several times, but only once is it in the context of Frictionless Data.

Probably. OTOH, i'm considering making metapack generate a parallel datapackage.json file for every update, which would make a Metatab package also a Frictionless package. I'm not sure how best to capture that in text.

Should it be "Frictionless Package" or "Tabular Data Package"?

[ericbusboom]

Just a suggestion: when using metatab -c, metatab -a and metapack -s, it might be helpful to explicitly show the updates that are happening to metatab.csv for clarity

Yes, Absolutely. I'll open an issue.

[ericbusboom]

Also, why metapack -s for generating schemas and not metatab -s?

Historical contingency. I need to either combine the two programs, or have a stronger theory about what operations should be in each one.