[ckan-discuss] CKAN Wishlist

Wed Feb 29 19:21:37 GMT 2012

Hi!

Here's our wishlist:

1) Subject field for selecting a preset subject from a hierarquical
subjects list, preferrably to be imported into CKAN from a SKOS format
file. David Read told me this was already being implemented, minus the
hierarquical part. This should entail: (a) an autocomplete widget for
the new/edit dataset forms, which would allow the person registering
or editing the dataset to select the most apropriate subject or
subjects related to the dataset; and (b) search capability by subjects
on the list - this could be by creating a view for subjects just like
the exisiting one for tags, which would list all datasets for a given
subject under an URL such as '/subject/<slug>'. This subject listing
page should also appear on search results that match the subject's
label.

2) In the new/edit dataset forms, Author / Maintainer fields should
autocomplete from existing authors on the CKAN database, and also,
optionally, from a fixed list preset by the CKAN instance
administrator. Other contact details should be automatically pulled
from those as well.

3) Internationalized labels and description fields. On every text
field related to datasets or resources, where natural language text
should go (e.g. titles, descriptions), there should be allowed to be
multiple labels in different languages, inserted by editors of the
dataset. That way, english language users of the data catalog would
see the dataset title and description in english. Users in other
languages would see the dataset labels and descriptions in their
selected language, if available.

By the way, if/when number 3 is implemented would be a good time to
move the datasets on br.ckan.net and other community instances back to
thedatahub.org and make an effort to translate their titles and
descriptions into english and other languages. That would be
fantastic!

Cheers,
Augusto Herrmann

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> If I have a wishlist for CKAN - where should I put comments?
>
> 1) I'm currently trying to tidy up the OpenSpending group on the DataHub and
> it is quite laborious as I have to edit each package individually e.g.
> renaming the packages to reflect more accurately what is actually in them.
> What would be really nice is to have a Table View of Dataset Metadata which
> would give me the overview and be editable also.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> 2) In order to clarify where the datasets are currently from, we are
> currently forcing metadata into the title
> e.g. http://thedatahub.org/dataset/edit/adur_district_spending prexied with
> UK. Maybe I am missing something, but is it possible to add geographical
> information and sort the contents of your group neatly by it? How to
> encourage people to do this so it doesn't become burdensome for one person
> always to fill in the missing info?
>
> 3) Is it possible to subscribe to a group? I would like to know when someone
> adds a new dataset to the group ready to import into OpenSpending to make
> sure as much of the req'd info is in there and help me to keep track of what
> we have in there.
>
> My 2c.
>
> Lucy
>
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