[ckan-dev] Related stuff user stories

Thu Mar 7 11:11:30 UTC 2013

On 7 March 2013 09:50, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
> Comments on the user stories for related items - mostly looks good,
> but a couple of queries.
>
> https://github.com/okfn/ckan/wiki/Spec:-Related---Apps-&-Ideas-extension

this seems a good start but should be marked as a proposal not a spec
for now so as not to confuse users

we need to maket it more specific
 eg `As a publisher I want to see what value is being made of my
data.` does not help much we need to expand this to being something
concrete

words like moderate are also vague

it would be good to sort out this feature in 2.1 but some of the
use-cases may cause issues eg over ownership of items if they can be
attached to multiple datasets or to non-dataset items.  We need to
agree the use-cases as they affect data-structures indexing etc.

Toby
>
> "We would also want to give portal owners and dataset owners a way to
> moderate these additions, but also showcase them, potentially adding
> their own (internal, existing) re-uses of their data."
>
> They can just add their stuff like anyone else, no? This suggests a
> special mode of adding, but I assume you don't mean that.
>
> "As a dev-user I want to link to my app from the data portal (not
> necessarily specific to a dataset) to get more users and show off what
> I've done with open data."
>
> What is a "dev-user"? Also, what is the rationale for linking to apps
> that aren't related to any data on this portal? I mean sure I might
> think my app is so great it should be linked from every website in the
> world, but beside that? I'm not sure if this is something you actually
> want, or something you've slipped in because the functionality is
> already there. I think the value of this is negative, in that it's no
> longer very clear what the feature is for. At least as the portal
> owner I want to be able to disable or hide such 'orphan' apps, if any.
>
> Related to that is the following:
>
> "Related items associated only to a private dataset should be hidden
> until dataset is made public"
>
> That would make perfect sense if all apps/related stuff had to be
> related to a dataset. But if you have non-related 'related' items, it
> interacts very weirdly. I can add an app (unrelated to any dataset),
> which is publicised, but if I then relate it to a private dataset, it
> becomes hidden! Not sure if that's what you intended.
>
> Mark
>
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