[ckan-discuss] [datacatalogs] Non-gov catalogs in datacatalogs.org

Wed Dec 7 12:47:44 GMT 2011

On 7 December 2011 09:28, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
>>
>> Lucy,
>> Weird - I managed to create it no problem:
>> http://datacatalogs.org/group/academic_institutions
>> Maybe you got it in the wrong box?
>
>
> Ah, yes - I did, but from a UX perspective - the text that is actually
> accompanying the 'Name' field is hovering over the title field in my
> browser, so it very definitely appears that they should be the other way
> round!

Lucy,

Thanks for this. I've raised a ticket for this issue:
http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/1530
Would you mind getting a screen shot and supply browser details?
Either put them in the ticket or email me directly to add in.

David

>
> Maybe something to look into?
>
> Lucy
>
>>
>> http://datacatalogs.org/group/edit/academic_institutions
>> Anyway, do try it again with another name and I can delete it if
>> necessary.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> > I have entered: academic_institutions
>> >
>> >
>> > Am I doing sth wrong?
>> >
>> > Lucy
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Rufus, Lucy,
>> >>
>> >> we've already have a group at datacatalogs.org for gov catalogues
>> >> within
>> >> the EU. so yes, grouping is a good way.
>> >>
>> >> Ton
>> >> -------------------------------------------
>> >> Interdependent Thoughts
>> >> Ton Zijlstra
>> >>
>> >> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
>> >> +31-6-34489360
>> >>
>> >> http://zylstra.org/blog
>> >> -------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Strictly this is for:
>> >>> <http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/data-catalogs> ;-) (cc'd now)
>> >>>
>> >>> Answer: we already have non-gov catalogs (e.g. IATI registry) and so I
>> >>> suggest we change front page and probably introduce a tag or group for
>> >>> 'official government catalogs'.
>> >>>
>> >>> Rufus
>> >>>
>> >>> On 3 December 2011 16:15, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > Hi guys,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I've registered a couple of university open data catalogs in
>> >>> > datacatalogs.org to keep track of them (Oxford & Southampton) - on
>> >>> > front
>> >>> > page, it says that datacatalogs.org is for Govt stuff, but do we
>> >>> > have
>> >>> > anywhere  else to keep track of e.g. academic institutions that are
>> >>> > opening
>> >>> > up their data?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Lucy
>> >>> >
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