NAME ArrayData - Specification for ArrayData::*, modules that contains array data SPECIFICATION VERSION 0.2 VERSION This document describes version 0.2.0 of ArrayData (from Perl distribution ArrayData), released on 2021-04-20. SYNOPSIS Use one of the "ArrayData::*" modules. DESCRIPTION NOTE: EARLY SPECIFICATION; THINGS WILL STILL CHANGE A LOT. "ArrayData::*" modules are modules that contain array data. The array can be accessed via a standard interface (see ArrayDataRole::Spec::Basic). Some examples of array data are: * list of country names in English (ArrayData::CountryNames::EN) * list of Indonesian words from KBBI dictionary (ArrayData::Words::ID::KBBI) Also under WordList::ID::KBBI. * list of CPAN authors' PAUSE ID's (ArrayData::CPAN::PAUSEIDs) Also under WordList::CPAN::PAUSEID. Why put data in a Perl module, as a Perl distribution? To leverage the Perl/CPAN toolchain and infrastructure: 1) ease of installation, update, and uninstallation; 2) allowing dependency expression and version comparison; 3) ease of packaging further as OS packages, e.g. Debian packages (converted from Perl distribution); 4) testing by CPAN Testers. The array data can actually be stored as Perl array in the Perl module source code, or as lines in the DATA section of the Perl module, or in a shared file of the distribution. To get started, see ArrayDataRole::Spec::Basic and one of existing "ArrayData::*" modules. NAMESPACE ORGANIZATION "ArrayData" (this module) is the specification. "ArrayDataRole::*" the roles. All the modules under "ArrayData::*" will be modules with actual data. "ArrayDataBundle-*" is name for distribution that contains several "ArrayData" modules. FAQ HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. SEE ALSO HashData, TableData are related projects. WordList is an older, related project. ArrayData and its sister projects HashData & TableData are a generalization and cleanup of the WordList API. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2021 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.