[ckan-dev] orgs more clarification

Mon Oct 8 11:40:35 UTC 2012

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 September 2012 13:07, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at okfn.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 01:00:15PM +0100, Toby Dacre wrote:
>>> On 27 September 2012 12:43, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:18:02PM +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>>> >> On 27 September 2012 11:11, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > * **Developers** can provide custom forms for groups and organizations, for
>>> >> >   example to add custom metadata fields to groups or organizations.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 1) For orgs is this on a site wide level?  I think this should be or
>>> >> > else we are adding even deeper levels of complexity
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes it is on a site-wide level.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > 2) as I understand things this already exists for groups - can this be
>>> >> > confirmed
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>  Yes, I believe so -- though Sean may know more.
>>> >
>>> > Yes, this is IGroupController. It also exists for datasets with
>>> > IDatasetController. I think the CKAN 2.0 merge may have broken
>>> > IDatasetController, not sure about IGroupController (David reviewed this
>>> > part of the merge, the controllers).
>>> >
>>> > I actually implemented IOrganizationController plus an example extension
>>> > on Ross's organizations branch, you could look at that.
>>>
>
> I've (partially) added an IOrganizationController so extensions can
> mess with orgs but I'm sticking with a single org type for now.
>
> That seems to be the best approach
>

I am happy with a single org type too. More than one would be a bit confusing.