Glossary
Wide CSV Layout
Wide CSV Layout is bulk-file arrangement where years run across as column headers rather than down as rows; the World Bank ships the mobile cellular indicator as an ~84 KB zipped wide CSV with 66 year columns, plus XML, Excel and JSON renditions of the same table. Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets documents it directly in World Bank WDI.
What is Wide CSV Layout?
A bulk-file arrangement where years run across as column headers rather than down as rows; the World Bank ships the mobile cellular indicator as an ~84 KB zipped wide CSV with 66 year columns, plus XML, Excel and JSON renditions of the same table.
In this catalog it appears concretely: - World Bank WDI - Mobile cellular subscriptions — "per 100 people".
Why does Wide CSV Layout matter when choosing a dataset?
A label on a listing is not a deliverable. Teams that license on the strength of a product-name match routinely find the shipped files cover a narrower slice than they assumed, and backfilling history afterwards costs more than the license ever did.
The failure mode is concrete: the label appears in a listing, the delivered files tell a different story, and the gap surfaces mid-project when fixing it is most expensive.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and World Bank WDI - Mobile cellular subscriptions lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate Wide CSV Layout in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Open World Bank WDI - Mobile cellular subscriptions and confirm its record — "per 100 people" — against the files you actually receive.
- Pin down update cadence in writing. Across this catalog, 22.6% of 1,744 datasets refresh daily and 64 still arrive only through a manual request form, so ask exactly how fresh each release is.
- Check whether definitions are verified at all. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), and any source you license should meet that bar.
- Price the delivery route before the license. In this catalog bulk download is the most common access method (725 datasets) ahead of official APIs (574), and 379 sources still require scraping — a maintenance cost that lands on you, not the vendor.
See the term applied to real records: integrated-telecommunication-services data, wireless-telecommunication-services data.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - bulk download - country year panel - Regional and Income Aggregate Rows
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of Wide CSV Layout?
World Bank WDI - Mobile cellular subscriptions is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record states: "per 100 people". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "Wide CSV Layout" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
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Datasets containing Wide CSV Layout
6 datasets carry wide csv layout in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
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