[okfn-labs] Version Control for Data

[Ross Jones]

Hi Marianne,

I'm very interested in how commits are presented for different formats, as you mentioned the cool blog posts on okfnlabs recently show how it can be done with CSV.   I have a question about the granularity of the diffs for json, in particular the one shown in the image you included in the blog post at https://exversion.com/img/versc5.png

Does all json data diff like that, or am I missing an understanding of what this JSON is (it's data right, not metadata)?

I'm wondering whether there might be a better representation for showing diffs in JSON files, but with the common data in the example shown I wonder if there is a way of showing changes to specifically within objects and lists.   Is the current 'show everything as changed' intentional or just a flaw of the diff algorithm?

Am I right in thinking exversion isn't open source?  I couldn't find a repo (with admittedly a rather short search).

Ross


On 28 Aug 2013, at 17:01, Marianne Bellotti <marianne.bellotti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wanted to give you guys a quick update on what we've been working on at Exversion. We just rolled out our first set of version control features, which you can read about in detail here:
> 
> http://exversiondata.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/version-control-for-data/
> 
> I know that there are many projects approaching this problem hanging around here, so I've very interested in getting feedback on our approach.
> 
> -Marianne
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