[ckan-dev] Data Packages/JSON Table Schema support

[Rodrigo Parra]

Thanks for your help guys.
I'll let you know of any further development if I get some time to work on
this.


2014-05-23 6:01 GMT-04:00 Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at okfn.org>:

> As Joe said, datapackager.okfn.org has a bunch of JSON Table Schema
> stuff...
>
> >    - Letting a user define a basic schema for a resource (in JSON Table
> >    Schema format) within the resource form. Probably with optional
> dynamic
> >    fields.
>
> Well, the way this works on datapackager.okfn.org is:
>
> * User creates a dataset, creates a resource and uploads a file to it
>
> * Datapackager automatically creates an initial JSON Table Schema for
>   the file, based on reading column headings from the file, guessing
>   column types based on the file contents, computing some stats and
>   temporal extents over the columns
>
> * Visit your resource and you'll see a preview of your CSV file, and you
>   can click on the columns to explore its JSON Table Schema
>
> * Edit your resource, and you can add/delete/edit metadata on each
>   column
>
> >    - Publishing CKAN resources as Data Packages.
>
> Yep, datapackager adds a download link to download a dataset as a data
> package zip file.
>
> > If integrations with this protocols is on the roadmap, I might be able to
> > lend a hand.
>
> The datapackager project is finished now. What we could do with a hand
> with, is integrating some of the above features into CKAN core, or
> moving them into standalone generic CKAN extensions.
>
> > I would probably need some guidance, but still, I might be able to help.
>
> We'll be happy to guide if you're interested in working on this, just
> find us on this mailing list or in IRC (#ckan)
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