[ECODP-dev] adding a resource to a dataset in the web interface

Mon Oct 14 13:36:38 UTC 2013

Hi John,

Did you play the scenario?

2013/10/14 John Glover <john.glover at okfn.org>

> Hi Bert,
>
> Regarding the questions in this document:
>
> > Any default values?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by this, but the only value that is set by
> default when the form loads is that the Resource Type is the first value in
> the list ("Documentation: Main"). There are no defaults in CKAN internally.
>

because if you look at the steps you will see that all of a sudden the
description field has a value...

> > Is Name mandatory?
>
>

> No, URL is the only required field.
>

> If you do not set a name then the value 'Web Page' is displayed when the
> resource is viewed (but this is not stored in the database).
>

Is this not a definition of a default value?

>
> > Why if you fill in the name the description is set as title?
>
> The current behaviour is to display the description as the 'display name'
> if available (truncated to a max of 55 characters), and then to use the
> name if not. I do not remember the exact reason for this behaviour, but I
> believe it was due to the fact that many resources did not have
> human-readable name values (eg: UUIDs or similar).
>
>

So if I enter a name I should see it on the screen?

Bert

> Regards,
> John
>
>
> On 9 October 2013 14:37, Bert Van Nuffelen <bert.van.nuffelen at tenforce.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi John and Darwin,
>>
>> Can you please explain me what is the expected behaviour for adding a
>> resource?
>>
>> Attached you find screenshots in  a powerpoint sequence with associated
>> question.
>>
>> kind regards,
>>
>> Bert
>>
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