Predefined semantic types
When you open a dataset sample, the application automatically suggests, for each column, the best data type or semantic type that matches the data.
The table below lists all the supported semantic types.
| Standard type | Description |
|---|---|
| Text | String text |
| Integer | Numeric value |
| Decimal | Decimal numeric value |
| Date | Date including day, month, and year |
| Time | Time of the day |
| Timestamps | Date and time |
| Boolean | Answers with the value True or False |
| Semantic type | Description | Origin of data |
|---|---|---|
| Academic and professional suffix | Academic and professional suffix | Talend |
| Academic and professional title | Academic and professional title | Talend |
| Address Line | Street number and name | Talend |
| Airport | Airport | Talend |
| Airport Code | Airport code | Talend |
| Amex Card | American Express card | Talend |
| Animal | Animal | Talend |
| Answer | Answers with the value True or False | Talend |
| AT VAT Number | Austrian VAT number | Talend |
| Bank Routing Transit Number | Bank routing transit number | Talend |
| BE Postal Code | Belgian postal code | Talend |
| Beverage | Type of beverage | YAGO |
| BG VAT Number | Bulgarian VAT number | Talend |
| CA Province Territory | Canadian province | Statoids |
| CA Province Territory Code | Canadian province code | Statoids |
| Christian religious title | Christian religious title | Talend |
| City | City name | Talend |
| Civility | Civility | Talend |
| Color Hex Code | Color hexadecimal code | Talend |
| Company | Company name | YAGO |
| Continent | Continent name | Talend |
| Continent Code | Continent code | Talend |
| Country | Country name | ISO |
| Country Code ISO2 | 2-letter country code | ISO |
| Country Code ISO3 | 3-letter country code | ISO |
| Currency Code | Currency code | ISO |
| Currency Name | Currency name | ISO |
| Data URL | URL starting with the word data | Talend |
| DE Postal Code | German postal code | Talend |
| DE Phone | German phone number | Talend |
| Email address | Talend | |
| EN Month | Month in English | Talend |
| EN Month Abbrev | English month abbreviation | Talend |
| EN Weekday | Week day or their abbreviation | Talend |
| First Name | First name | Talend |
| File URL | File URL | Talend |
| Formal title | Formal title | Talend |
| FR Postal Code | French postal code | Talend |
| FR VAT Number | French VAT number | Talend |
| FR Phone | French phone number | Talend |
| FR Insee Code | French Insee code of cities with Corsica and colonies | Insee |
| FR Commune | French municipality | Insee |
| FR Departement | French department | Insee |
| FR Region | French region | Insee |
| FR Region Legacy | Former French regions, prior to the 2016 territorial reform. | Insee |
| FR Social Security Number | French social security number | Talend |
| Full Name | Full name | Talend |
| Gender | Gender | Talend |
| Generic URL | Generic URL (Web, HDFS, MailTo, data, file) | Talend |
| Geographic Coordinate | Geographic coordinate, longitude, or latitude coordinates with at least meter precision | Talend |
| Geographic Coordinates | Geographic coordinates, Google Maps style GPS Decimal format | Talend |
| Geographic Coordinates (degree) | Geographic coordinates (degrees), Latitude, and longitude coordinates separated by a comma in the form: N 0:59:59.99,E 0:59:59.99 | Talend |
| HDFS URL | HDFS URL | Talend |
| HR Department | HR department | Talend |
| Industry | Industry name | Talend |
| Industry Group | Industry group | Talend |
| Inherited suffix | Inherited suffix | Talend |
| Islamic religious title | Islamic religious title | Talend |
| IBAN | International Bank Account Number | Talend |
| IPv4 Address | IPv4 address | Talend |
| IPv6 Address | IPv6 address | Talend |
| ISBN-10 | International standard book number 10 digits | Talend |
| ISBN-13 | International standard book number 13 digits | Talend |
| Job Title | Job title | Talend |
| Judaic religious title | Judaic religious title | Talend |
| Language | Language | Wikipedia |
| Language Code ISO2 | 2-letter language code | Wikipedia |
| Language Code ISO3 | 3-letter language code | Wikipedia |
| Last Name | Last name | United States Census Bureau |
| Measure Unit | Measure unit | Talend |
| MailTo URL | MailTo URL | Talend |
| Military suffix | Military suffix | Talend |
| Money Amount (EN) | Amount of money in English format | Talend |
| Money Amount (FR) | Amount of money in French format | Talend |
| MAC Address | MAC address | Talend |
| MasterCard | Mastercard credit card | Talend |
| Month | Month | Talend |
| Museum | Museum name | YAGO |
| MX Estado | Mexican state | Statoids |
| MX Estado Code | Mexican state code | Statoids |
| Name Suffix | Name suffix (Inherited, academic, professional, or military) | Talend |
| North American state | US state and Canadian province | Talend |
| North American state code | US state code and Canadian province code | Talend |
| Organization | Organization | YAGO |
| Sector | Sector | Talend |
| Passport | Passport number | Talend |
| Phone number | Phone number (DE, FR, UK, US) | Talend |
| Religious title | Religious title (Christian, Islamic, Judaic) | Talend |
| SE Social Security Number | Swedish person number | Talend |
| SEDOL | Stock exchange daily official list | Talend |
| Street Type | Street type | Talend |
| Title | Title (Civility, academic, professional, formal, religious) | Talend |
| UK Phone | UK phone number | Talend |
| UK Postal Code | UK postal code | Talend |
| UK Social Security Number | National identification number, national identity number, or national insurance number generally called NI number | Talend |
| US Phone | US phone number | Talend |
| US Postal Code | US postal code | Talend |
| US Social Security Number | US social security number | Talend |
| URL | Web site URL | Talend |
| US County | US county name | Wikipedia |
| US State | US states | Talend |
| US State Code | US state code | Talend |
| Visa Card | Visa credit card | Talend |
| Web Domain | Web site domain | Talend |
| Weekday | Day of the week | Talend |