[ckan-dev] Questions about future domain model and dataset relationships

Fri Sep 23 11:23:59 UTC 2011

Hi again,

so after successfully installing CKAN I want to start developing for
our project here ... or rather start building a concept first. I read
the articles in the wiki about CKAN's architecture and domain model
and noticed that the current domain ("v1")model as described here (
http://wiki.ckan.net/Domain_Model ) does not really fit our needs
whereas the "v2" seems do be way more suitable for our project.
So my questions are: what is the current state? When can I expect "v2"
in CKAN? Maybe I can help developing?

Another question concerns relationships between datasets. We really
need them for our project. I read some tickets and almost all are
marked as "fixed" except the one about editing relationships in the
WUI ( http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/256 ). There are also 2 wiki
articles ( http://wiki.ckan.net/Package_relationships and
http://wiki.ckan.net/Package_Relationships ). But I'm a bit confused:
can I use relationships in the current release? And how? And if not,
could an extension possibly add such a feature (also editing in WUI)?

Thanks in advance!

Max