[ckan-discuss] Multiple authors etc

Tue Dec 17 15:31:45 UTC 2013

The obvious issue with this approach is that it will require some work for
implementation that are currently using the maintainer fields and will see
it disappear. They will have to create 2 extra fields and then write a
script to transfer the content. Not sure they will appreciate the surprise.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Mark Wainwright
<mark.wainwright at okfn.org>wrote:

> After some discussion on #1366, I believe we should just delete the
> "maintainer" fields:
>
> https://github.com/okfn/ckan/issues/1402
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On 07/12/2013, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I think there's a problem with 'Author' and 'Maintainer'. A digital
> > object in practice may have multiple authors; the meaning of
> > "maintainer" is unclear.
> >
> > I'm sure  I've suggested these in the past, but anyway, I've just
> > created Github issues for what I think should be done with these -
> > comments welcome:
> >
> > https://github.com/okfn/ckan/issues/1365
> > https://github.com/okfn/ckan/issues/1366
> >
> > Probably best to comment there rather than here.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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