[datahub-discuss] merging br.ckan.net into datahub.io

Wed Aug 13 13:39:33 UTC 2014

Dear Augusto,

This is great to hear. I suggest we merge these into the existing 'open
knowledge brazil' organization:

http://datahub.io/organization/open-knowledge-brasil

We can make you an admin on that organization if you let me know your
username and then move ahead (migrating over the API seems the best option).

Rufus

On 13 August 2014 14:20, Augusto Herrmann <augusto at okfn.org.br> wrote:

> Hi, Mark and all!
>
> Sorry for digging up this old issue, but I really think that merging
> br.ckan.net into datahub.io is long overdue. It will also allow OKF to
> save up on server costs on keeping alive this ancient and little used
> server (which BTW still runs on CKAN 1.7.4).
>
> I agree with you that the 29 datasets on br.ckan.net can be moved to
> right away to datahub.io, even keeping the metadata in the local
> language. We can leave the translation of metadata to other languages (e.g.
> English) for the future when multilingual metadata is finally implemented
> into CKAN.
>
> So, what's the best approach to do this merging? Create an organization in
> datahub.io or merge them into this [1] or this [2] existing organization?
> I don't think these existing organizations are relevant, as the first has
> just one and the second has no datasets at all. We could either choose one
> of them or create a new one.
>
> Also, technically, is creating a script that uses the CKAN API on both
> CKAN instances the best way to do it?
>
> [1] http://datahub.io/organization/open-knowledge-brasil
> [2] http://datahub.io/organization/brazil
>
> Best regards,
> Augusto Herrmann
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org>
> Date: Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [ckan-discuss] Datahub upgrade coming soon
> To: Augusto Herrmann <augusto.herrmann at gmail.com>
> Cc: CKAN-discuss <ckan-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
>
>
> Hi Augusto,
>
> You have a long memory! I don't blame myself for not remembering that
> message, since Jonathan sent it two years before I joined OKF - but it
> certainly shows that, as you say, multilingual metadata on the Datahub
> has been wanted for a long time. Of course, at the time, there was
> also no multilingual extension.
>
> As for the 'technical issues', others will know more, but I believe
> that the multilingual extension as currently implemented is a bit
> fiddly in some ways, including that there is no UI for it. As I
> understand, it requires one 'primary' language for a site (for the
> Datahub I guess this would be English), and translations can only be
> added via the API.
>
> Do you think this would be useful on the Datahub? What do others
> think? Perhaps someone will volunteer to implement a UI for it?
>
> I agree that it would be good to incorporate the Brazilian community
> CKAN into datahub.io. One possibility for now would be to just leave
> the metadata in Portuguese. Other country-based groups used local
> languages, which seems quite sensible while only one language is
> supported, e.g.
>
> http://datahub.io/group/belarus
> http://datahub.io/group/country-sn
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
>

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