html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/942#issuecomment-897996296,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/942,897996296,IC_kwDOBm6k_c41hlYI,9599,2021-08-12T22:01:36Z,2021-08-12T22:01:36Z,OWNER,"I'm going with `""columns"": {""name-of-column"": ""description-of-column""}`.

If I decide to make `""col""` and `""nocol""` available in metadata I'll use those as the keys in the metadata, for consistency with the existing query string parameters.

I'm OK with having both `""columns"": ...` and `""col"": ...` keys in the metadata, even though they could be a tiny bit confusing without the documentation.","{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 1, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",681334912,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/942#issuecomment-737463116,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/942,737463116,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDczNzQ2MzExNg==,9599,2020-12-02T20:02:10Z,2020-12-02T20:03:01Z,OWNER,"My idea is that if you installed my proposed plugin you wouldn't need `metadata.json` at all - your metadata would instead live in a table in the connected SQLite database files - either one table per database (so the metadata can live in the same place as the data) or maybe also in a dedicated separate database file, for if you want to add metadata to an otherwise read-only database.

The plugin would then provide a UI for editing that metadata - maybe by configuring some writable canned queries or maybe something more custom than that. Or you could edit the metadata by manually editing the SQLite database file (or loading data into it using a tool like [yaml-to-sqlite](https://github.com/simonw/yaml-to-sqlite)).","{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 1, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",681334912,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/942#issuecomment-675718593,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/942,675718593,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDY3NTcxODU5Mw==,9599,2020-08-18T21:02:11Z,2020-08-18T21:02:24Z,OWNER,"Easiest solution: if you provide column metadata it gets displayed above the table, something like on https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight/antiquities-act%2Factions_under_antiquities_act

<img width=""500"" alt=""fivethirtyeight__antiquities-act_actions_under_antiquities_act__344_rows"" src=""https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9599/90565187-57d3e700-e15b-11ea-89c8-0270e3040a50.png"">

HTML `title=` tooltips are also added to the table headers, which won't be visible on touch devices but that's OK because the information is visible on the page already.","{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 1, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",681334912,