[ckan-dev] Dataset relationships feature: do you use it? would like to?

Harald von Waldow harald.vonwaldow at eawag.ch
Mon Apr 30 17:50:36 UTC 2018


This feature is also used for implementing versioning, like here:

https://github.com/aptivate/ckanext-datasetversions

So yes, I think it is very useful.

Cheers,
Harald

Harald von Waldow
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On 2018-04-30 13:30, Adrià Mercader wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A feature that has been part of CKAN since its early version but few
> people are aware of are dataset (package) relationships. These allow
> to relate datasets with different kinds of relationships. This is how
> they look like:
> 
> 
>         {
>             "comment": "Test relationship between datasets",
>             "object": "test-dataset-jope",
>             "subject": "test-angola-dataset",
>             "type": "links_to"
>         }
> 
> Here are some more details about the current status of the feature and
> what is lacking:
> 
> We would be interested to know if
> 
> 1. Is someone using this feature
> 2. Someone thinks is a useful feature
> 
> If you answered yes to any of the above perhaps more importantly, can
> you help with the tasks listed in the issue to make sure the feature
> is properly maintained (basically tests and a little fix).
> 
> If this is actually not used or useful it will probably be removed in
> the next few versions.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adrià
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