[ckan-discuss] CKAN for humans?

Wed Apr 27 12:26:51 BST 2011

Jonathan forwarded your message to the list here,

    http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/ckan-discuss/2010-August/000471.html

I think there may have been a copy that made its way to one of
the many pads with input from other people as well but I can't
find it.

Cheers,
-w

* [2011-04-27 12:15:22 +0100] Christopher Gutteridge <cjg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> écrit:

] Some time ago I sent quite a long list of suggestions you might use as a 
] starting point, the key issue being to consider the poor sod who lands 
] on a random CKAN package page, via google. -- they are not very 
] hospitable to people who don't actively already understand CKAN.
] 
] http://ckan.net/about put me right off.
] 
] Perhaps Refus still has my brain dump?
] 
] 
] Lucy Chambers wrote:
] >I agree with the sentiment that it would be great to make CKAN more
] >easy to understand for the non-techies / first time users.
] >
] >Would it be worth pulling together some keen bodies for a
] >Skype-brainstorming call on how we might go about this?
] >
] >Lucy
] >
] >On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at okfn.org> wrote:
] >  
] >>It's certainly OK that other tools are used, I agree :)
] >>
] >>On the other hand, I think it's vital that we make CKAN a bit easier
] >>to understand for the less determined visitor.  Conversations I've
] >>been having have made it clear that it's hard for a casual visitor to
] >>begin to understand what CKAN is about.  This should change.
] >>
] >>On a related note, it would be good to try to start towards living up
] >>to the "Comprehensive" part of the name; we should perhaps have a
] >>project development strand whereby we attempt to import the metadata
] >>for many of the sources you've pointed to.
] >>
] >>Seb
] >>
] >>    
] >>>On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Tim McNamara
] >>><paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
] >>>      
] >>>>Does CKAN need to be more accessible to humans? Or is it okay that 
] >>>>people
] >>>>use other tools?
] >>>>        
] >>>It's not only OK ... it's in the nature of data publishing on the web.
] >>>The fact that people will use other tools should guide the design and
] >>>future evolution of CKAN. I'm not entire sure what that means, but I
] >>>thought I'd throw it out there :-)
] >>>
] >>>//Ed
] >>>
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] 
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] 
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