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

Wed Dec 7 09:28:23 UTC 2011

Superstar Kat!

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>wrote:

> FYI all, I have just changed the front-end design with different wording.
>
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> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:32 AM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> On 6 December 2011 10:02, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>> > Awesome,
>> >
>> > I presume Kat is the best person to change the front page?
>> >
>> > If so, @Kat - could you possibly take a look at this when you get a
>> > chance?: http://trac.okfn.org/ticket/1011
>> >
>> > Just trying to add a group for academic institutions but think I may
>> have
>> > found a bug:
>> >
>> > Url must be purely lowercase alphanumeric (ascii) characters and these
>> > symbols: -_
>>
>> Lucy,
>> Weird - I managed to create it no problem:
>> http://datacatalogs.org/group/academic_institutions
>> Maybe you got it in the wrong box?
>> 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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