Inconsistency in dataset columns
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Description
Several columns, such as creator and contributor, have the option to contain multiple values. These are stored in json/csv format. However the column default_target_type is stored in plain csv. Should we convert this to json (so tools can uniformly read them with native json libraries)
relevant for fetch_openml fn in sklean.
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Research direction
Start with the fetch_openml function in scikit-learn and trace how default_target_type is read alongside creator and contributor. Compare the existing JSON and CSV representations and determine whether uniform JSON storage is required; done means the column format and reader behavior are consistent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- scikit-learn
- Domain
- data, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100