[datacatalogs] Proposal: migrating datacatalogs.org to a new simpler setup

[James McKinney]

I use datacatalogs.org to maintain the list of Canadian data catalogs.

I don’t see what file I would edit during a pull request. It looks like everything comes from Google Docs. Is the "CSV in git" part not done? Are reviewers expected to transform Google Form submissions into pull requests? Will the data sources (CSV or Google Docs) be synced with datacatalogs.org before the switch?

I see the new process as making it more difficult for non-tech-savvy maintainers to maintain their catalogs - they need to rely on git-savvy people. In any case, will the current catalog maintainers have commit access so that we don’t need to wait on OK staff to merge pull requests? I think the CSV should be in a separate repository.

I’ve created new issues, and issues #8, #10, #16 should be the priority before any switch.

James

On May 9, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to proposal to make datacatalogs.org simpler in various ways.
> 
> Please let me know what you think :-)
> 
> Backend + Submission Process
> 
> I'd like to propose moving to either simple CSV (stored in git) or a google spreadsheet as our "database".
> 
> We would then have new submissions either via google form and/or pull requests (if we go with CSV). 
> 
> This would make it much easier and quicker for people to submit info and for it to get reviewed (We'd need a couple of folks to volunteer as editors and review submissions as they came in (and maybe do a bit of classification))
> 
> Webapp
> 
> If we move backend to a simple CSV or likewise we can move to a much simpler "ultra-thin" webapp setup. Personally, I'd propose a simple nodejs app (running on Heroku).
> 
> Running Code
> 
> I'm able to put my money where my mouth is here :-) I have a running demo:
> 
> http://new.datacatalogs.org/
> 
> This actually was largely done a year ago with help of a few folks but have done final bit of work to have this running.
> 
> Code: https://github.com/okfn/datacatalogs.org
> 
> I'd love help here so if anyone wants to jump in let me know and I'll open up commit rights!
> 
> Rufus
> 
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