[ckan-dev] Dataset relationships

[David Read]

2011/11/28 Jan Kučera <elquenor at gmail.com>

> Hello,
>
> I set relationships between some dataset in cz.ckan.net. It is good that
> if you use child_of relationship than parent_of relationship is set
> automatically.
>

I'm pleased to hear that this is turning out to be useful!


> I have also tried to use extras fields to store information about
> relationships between datasets. I found out that if you first add
> relationship using CKAN API into dataset relationships attribute and than
> you add extras field for the same relationship with key in format
> "parent_of:dataset_name" or "child_of:dataset_name", storing this extras
> field will clear all relationships in relationships attribute stored
> earlier.
>
> I might be some kind of bug but I suppose you will know better. Is it
> possible to use relationships attribute and extras field for relationships
> at the same time?
>

Yes this might be a bug with flattened dictionaries sharing the namespace.
Thanks for letting us know. I've written a ticket and hopefully David will
be able to take a look: http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/1492

David


>
> Thank you
>
> Jan Kucera
>
>
> 2011/11/17 David Read <david.read at okfn.org>
>
>> 2011/11/16 Jan Kučera <elquenor at gmail.com>:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > just to provide feedback. It is possible to set package relationships in
>> > Czech CKAN instance. I used CKAN python client and it worked fine.
>>
>> Good to hear it worked for you. And great to see cz.ckan.net
>> flourishing with your efforts!
>>
>> Don't forget to let us know how you find the package relationships as
>> they get used more and more. We're very interested to see what they
>> get used for in particular.
>>
>> David
>>
>> > Jan
>> >
>> > 2011/11/16 Jan Kučera <elquenor at gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> Thank you,
>> >>
>> >> I will try it again. I used my API key but I could have made some
>> mistake
>> >> or typo. It is good to know that it should be working.
>> >>
>> >> Jan Kucera
>> >>
>> >> 2011/11/16 David Read <david.read at okfn.org>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 16 November 2011 15:57, Jan Kučera <elquenor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > Hello,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I have noticed that CKAN dataset has attribute called
>> "relationships".
>> >>> > I
>> >>> > would like to ask how to set package relationships in CKAN?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I was not able to locate any option in the user interface to set the
>> >>> > relationships between datasets.
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes, we've not implemented editing in the Web UI yet, although
>> >>> relationships are listed on each dataset page in the Web UI once
>> >>> created. it's really an experimental feature at the moment and likely
>> >>> to change. So feel free to try it out, let us know how you get on and
>> >>> that will feed into its development.
>> >>>
>> >>> > I suppose that relationships can be set
>> >>> > using CKAN API (as described in this CKAN wiki article:
>> >>> > http://wiki.ckan.org/Domain_Model/Package_Relationship). I tried
>> to set
>> >>> > some
>> >>> > relationships between datasets in Czech CKAN instance (cz.ckan.bet)
>> but
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > server always returned status code "403 Forbidden". Is it possible
>> that
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > relationships between datasets are disabled in the Czech CKAN
>> instance?
>> >>> > If
>> >>> > so, how to enable this feature?
>> >>>
>> >>> It should work fine at cz.ckan.net. Have you set your API key in the
>> >>> 'Authorization' header?
>> >>>
>> >>> David
>> >>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Thank you very much.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Jan Kucera
>> >>> >
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