[ECODP-dev] web publishers interface

Wed Aug 28 14:39:59 UTC 2013

Hi Darwin,

2013/8/28 Darwin Peltan <darwin.peltan at okfn.org>

> Hi Bert,
>
> Thanks for your email. I agree that there are improvements which could be
> made to the publisher interface in CKAN 1.8 - This is one of the main
> drivers behind all the work we've done on CKAN 2.0
>
> However it's not really feasible or advisable to start making adhoc
> changes to core parts of CKAN in this release, especially this close to the
> deadline. Therefore I'm afraid some of the items below are out of scope for
> this release.
>
> Please see comments in line below
>
> On 27 August 2013 11:45, Bert Van Nuffelen <bert.van.nuffelen at tenforce.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi John and Darwin,
>>
>> while testing the RDF I want you to point out some of the "issues" I
>> encounter during the usage of the web interface:
>>
>> * On login I am transferred to a page with no data only "actions"
>>    The section "public activity" seems very weird here.
>>    Also all actions are covered in the top bar. So this page seems to be
>> a bit obsolete.
>>
>
> The links in the top navigation are a recent addition so before this page
> was useful. We will see if it's possible to redirect the user straight to
> the my profile page.
>
>
>> * On the resource editing page:
>>    The delete button is the first button you encounter. I clicked twice
>> on delete because I expected it to be the save button.
>>
>
> Not possible to modify this page as part of this release
>
>
>> * selecting an other resource to edit is bound to the title of the
>> resource not to the button.
>>   With short titles one might select the wrong one, or one might think
>> the functionality is broken.
>>
>
> Not possible to modify this page as part of this release
>
>
>>
>> * The default resource type is set to documentation. Whereas the examples
>> in the resource page to start from is a "csv" which is more an upload
>> distribution. I think that that one is a better default.
>>
>
> Not possible to modify this page as part of this release
>
>
>>
>> * Bug / unclear functionality: adding a resource.
>>   on entering a web service and leaving the all the fields empty, CKAN
>> enters a lot of "default" values. It is unclear if this is valid /
>> desireable..
>>
>>   E.g. I added for example the url
>> https://192.168.35.145/en/dataset/titel-test2.rdf
>>
>>   and the system adds default values like format rdf, and a description.
>>
>
> I can't recreate this - Please can you give a bit more detail on the steps
> to recreate?
>

Like I wrote:

> new resource
> add a webservice https://192.168.35.145/en/dataset/titel-test2.rdf
> give it a name (see screenshot below)
> set Resource Type to 'Distribution Web Service'
> save
> inspect the content, in edit mode

>
>
>> * Bug: resources:
>>
>>   not all resources are shown in the list:
>>      https://192.168.35.145/en/data/dataset/rdf-test2
>>
>>    has many more resources, but some share the same url.
>>
>
> I can't see that link as it's an internal URL ;-)
> Assuming the link below is to the same dataset on the test server, that
> datset has the same number of resources as are shown on the dataset page.
> Do you have an example of a dataset where there are resources missing which
> you can point me to on the test server?
> https://212.71.25.148/en/data/dataset/rdf-test2
>
> That is the public reference.

To recreate: create several resources with different names but with the
same url.

best,

Bert

>
> Thanks,
>
> Darwin
>
>
>> best,
>>
>> Bert
>>
>> --
>> Bert Van Nuffelen
>>
>> Semantic Technologies Software Architect at TenForce
>> www.tenforce.be
>>
>> Bert.Van.Nuffelen at tenforce.com
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>> Mobile:+32 479 06 24 26
>> skype: bert.van.nuffelen
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Bert Van Nuffelen

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