How much refining does GTFS transit data need before being published?

Preparing a data set for a public release is an important part of the job as they are strict rules to comply with. For instance :

• Format compliance
• Overall size or maximum size for each set
• Anonymity of names
• Proper copyright indications
• Remove useless it empty rows
• Ensure right way to handle it to the recipient or publisher

This is the "clean data " phase that goes after the acquisition and processing of the set. It can take some time according to the size and the complexity of each point in this checklist