[datacatalogs] [ckan-discuss] Non-gov catalogs in datacatalogs.org

Wed Dec 7 09:28:06 UTC 2011

Hi David,

> Lucy,
> Weird - I managed to create it no problem:
> http://datacatalogs.org/group/academic_institutions
> Maybe you got it in the wrong box?
>

Ah, yes - I did, but from a UX perspective - the text that is actually
accompanying the 'Name' field is hovering over the title field in my
browser, so it very definitely appears that they should be the other way
round!

Maybe something to look into?

Lucy

> http://datacatalogs.org/group/edit/academic_institutions
> Anyway, do try it again with another name and I can delete it if necessary.
>
> David
>
>
> > I have entered: academic_institutions
> >
> >
> > Am I doing sth wrong?
> >
> > Lucy
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Rufus, Lucy,
> >>
> >> we've already have a group at datacatalogs.org for gov catalogues
> within
> >> the EU. so yes, grouping is a good way.
> >>
> >> Ton
> >> -------------------------------------------
> >> Interdependent Thoughts
> >> Ton Zijlstra
> >>
> >> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
> >> +31-6-34489360
> >>
> >> http://zylstra.org/blog
> >> -------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Strictly this is for:
> >>> <http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/data-catalogs> ;-) (cc'd now)
> >>>
> >>> Answer: we already have non-gov catalogs (e.g. IATI registry) and so I
> >>> suggest we change front page and probably introduce a tag or group for
> >>> 'official government catalogs'.
> >>>
> >>> Rufus
> >>>
> >>> On 3 December 2011 16:15, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> >>> > Hi guys,
> >>> >
> >>> > I've registered a couple of university open data catalogs in
> >>> > datacatalogs.org to keep track of them (Oxford & Southampton) - on
> >>> > front
> >>> > page, it says that datacatalogs.org is for Govt stuff, but do we
> have
> >>> > anywhere  else to keep track of e.g. academic institutions that are
> >>> > opening
> >>> > up their data?
> >>> >
> >>> > Lucy
> >>> >
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