[ckan-discuss] Pictures in CKAN description

Wed Nov 16 13:28:53 GMT 2011

Hey Jan,
You could upload the picture as a resource in the dataset, and link
directly to it. The only issue might be that it's a little strange having
the image listed as part of the data -- a cleaner approach might be to
create a separate dataset (eg. 'dataset description pictures') and use that
to store them. Once uploaded you can link straight to them.
Currently that's the only way to upload files to CKAN; there's no plan yet
to have a special upload feature eg. for descriptions.
If this isn't the solution you're after, flickr.com has proven itself quite
a reliable external storage, and it's free - but the interface is a bit of
a complex mess..
Hope that helps.
Tom

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Jan Kučera <elquenor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to add a class diagram into CKAN dataset description. I know
> that I can add link to a picture into the dataset description using
> Markdown formatting. But this requires some external storage for the
> pictures.
>
> Is it possible to upload pictures into CKAN package description? Are there
> any recommendations or best practice how to deal with graphical metadata
> like dataset models in CKAN?
>
> Thank you
>
> Jan Kucera
>
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