List of recognized meanings¶

Text¶

Anything is valid for the “Text” meaning.

Decimal¶

Recognizes “raw” decimals (like: 1234.32). Accepts negative and scientific notation

Integer¶

Recognizes “raw” integers (like: 1234). Does not have any restriction on length of integers

Boolean¶

This meaning recognizes a large number of possible values (true, false, yes, no, 1, 0, …)

Date / Dates (needs parsing)¶

The Date meaning only recognizes dates in the ISO-8601 format, ie dates llike 2014-12-31T23:05:43.123Z

Note that the timezone information is mandatory for a valid Date

For all other kinds of dates the “Date (needs parsing)” meaning will be recognized. For more information, see Managing dates

Object / Array¶

Recognizes objects and arrays in JSON notation

Natural language¶

Recognizes “long text made of words”

Latitude / Longitude¶

This meaning recognizes a large number of formats for expressing geometric coordinates.

Geopoint¶

This meaning recognizes a large number of formats for expressing a point in geometric coordinates (notably WKT)

Geometry¶

This meaning recognizes WKT format for geographic lines, polygons and multipolygons.

Country¶

The Country meaning recognizes country names (in English) and ISO Country codes

US State¶

This meaning recognizes both short codes and full names for USA states.