[okfn-labs] data-converters repo

Tue Aug 7 13:43:27 UTC 2012

IMO the focus here is the Web-service, i.e. machine interface.

Building a user app on top of that would then be a next step but not
the first step (witness how http://explorer.datahub.io/ uses
dataproxy).

That said starting from a simple UI may be attractive not least from a
testing and usage standpoint.

Rufus

On 7 August 2012 14:10, Gregor Aisch <gregor.aisch at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> So, who is the target group for this collection?
>
> A journalist, who typically has some struggle with data formats in his
> day-to-day-work, would probably prefer different solutions (web & desktop
> interfaces) than a developer who is looking to automate converting tasks
> (low-level libraries)
>
> -G.
>
>
> Am 07.08.2012 um 15:00 schrieb Michael Bauer:
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> Rufus,
>
> Maybe put the pointer to the issues into the README.
>
> Can do so.
>
> Mihi
>
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 01:07:49PM +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote:
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> I've also just booted an informal "data-converters" repo:
>
>
> <https://github.com/okfn/data-converters>
>
>
> At present it's more of a place to centralize discussion on various
>
> converters than a place for code and so the place to to dive in is the
>
> issues:
>
>
> <https://github.com/okfn/data-converters/issues>
>
>
> Rufus
>
>
> ### Connections
>
>
> Connects with existing OKFN work on e.g. the DataProxy:
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> <https://github.com/okfn/dataproxy>
>
>
> Connects with work in CKAN on importing data into the DataStore
>
>
> Connects with Max's work on nodejs file conversion
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> <https://github.com/maxogden/dataroller> (I had a long chat with Max
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> about a file conversion service when in SF back in May!)
>
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