[ckan-dev] multiple metadata profiles?

Tue Aug 27 10:27:26 UTC 2013

> Does CKAN support multiple metadata profiles?
> 
> For example, could we have have one CKAN instance that supports both ISO 19115 and a custom metadata profile?
> 
> If so, how would this be implemented?

Yes, this can be done by implementing an extension using CKAN's
IDatasetForm plugin interface:

http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/writing-extensions.html#ckan.plugins.interfaces.IDatasetForm

We're working on better tutorial docs, both for writing extensions and
for IDatasetForm, but for now the page above is what you've got.

There is an example IDatasetForm plugin that you can copy from though:

https://github.com/okfn/ckan/tree/master/ckanext/example_idatasetform