[okfn-discuss] data.gov.uk: UK version of data.gov

Fri Jun 19 15:18:49 UTC 2009

For a while we've been speaking about creating more official 'editor'
roles at CKAN. (Particularly in discussions with Cameron Neylon +
Peter Murray-Rust.)

A few general suggestions:

 * list of most recently added/edited pages on front page
 * ckan.net/user/[username] pages - allowing user to create a profile
page detailing interests and linking to external sites
 * better browsing support, e.g. link to list of 'curated' tags, with
information on subject area and active editors
 * featured packages on front page
 * allow collections of packages
 * ckan on identica - with feed of new packages?

I've created a ticket for this here:

  http://knowledgeforge.net/okfn/tasks/ticket/53

J.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Rufus Pollock<rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> 2009/6/11 Michael Holloway <michael at openrightsgroup.org>:
>> Great news, Rufus, well done you and your collaborators.
>
> Thanks! And this is a good moment to solicit some input on CKAN in two areas:
>
> 1. We'd love to have some volunteers to act as "official"
> maintainers/editors for specific subject areas in CKAN.
>
> Being an editor/maintainer wouldn't take much time (not more than an
> hour or two a month) and would involve adding and updating the CKAN
> "packages" for a particular subject area, say, geodata
> (<http://www.ckan.net/tag/read/geodata>), or uk government material
> (<http://www.ckan.net/tag/read/workshop-20081101>).
>
> I should also emphasize that it doesn't involve any great technical
> know-how: all you need is an interest in digging around for datasets
> or other collections of material in a given area (science, geodata,
> business, culture etc).
>
> 2. What should we do next with CKAN, what additional features should we add?
>
> For example, we could improve package search, or work on connecting
> CKAN with one or more repositories (be it the Open Data Grid, Talis CC
> etc).
>
> Rufus
>
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