[ckan-discuss] Package relationships

Mon Feb 22 17:26:31 GMT 2010

Jonathan,

Thanks - some good points. I've updated the ticket with comments about
these specific examples and others. I'm afraid I don't know the IPCC
data at all, so perhaps someone could help seeing if would benefit
from package relationships on its various datasets?

David

On 22 February 2010 16:31, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Would it be useful to have some use cases/examples here?
>
> E.g. not sure what you think about:
>
>  * data.gov.uk and the datasets it contains
>  * freedict and the dictionaries in various languages it contains
>  * OSM and external datasets which have been added to it (e.g. naptan data)
>  * large data portal (such as IPCC data distribution centre) and the
> collections of datasets it links to/mirrors
>
> J.
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:13 PM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Rufus and I have been designing CKAN functionality to formally
>> associate packages. We see a need for specific parent-child,
>> inheriting or dependency relations. Not only should this help
>> navigation between packages in the web interface, but it also provides
>> a mechanism to automatically pull dependencies when downloading a data
>> package, in a similar manner as we see in software package management.
>>
>> Take a look at the ticket and please do offer feedback:
>> http://knowledgeforge.net/ckan/trac/ticket/253
>>
>> David
>>
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