[ckan-dev] Adding "Object Type" to deposit workflow: where to start?

Tue Mar 12 23:01:41 UTC 2013

Hi John,

Cool, I would be interested to see how you did it, whenever you finish.

I'm not sure if your templates would change defaults in the many steps, but
if it's only in the first, you could do it using JavaScript. The user would
select a template, and it would auto-fill the fields. If not, you'll have
to check ckan/controllers/package.py and understand how the stages are
done, so you could add a new one. I haven't worked with that code yet, but
it feels like this change won't be that easy.

If he/she faces other specific problems, just ask :-)

Cheers,
Vítor.

2013/3/11 John Erickson <erickj4 at rpi.edu>

> Oh gods of CKAN...
>
> As I alluded to a couple months ago, our team is modding CKAN to allow
> for type-based metadata collection. This means that in the first step
> of the workflow the user will select an "object type" (or "dataset
> type" if you prefer) and the next page/step will present a metadata
> template based on that type. I won't go into our system of type
> registration, etc. at this time; if you're in Gottenberg next week,
> find me... ;)
>
> ANYWAYS: Our developer has mastered custom metadata storage and now
> needs some suggestions from you more experienced types on where to
> begin to assault the code for our type-based approach...
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
>
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