[okfn-labs] Version Control for Data

Wed Aug 28 17:00:14 UTC 2013

Hey Ross,

So, if I understand you correctly, you would prefer the specific changes
highlighted more directly like this:
http://tlrobinson.net/projects/javascript-fun/jsondiff/

I can definitely do that. We chose to highlight the whole object because I
find it easier to read. Also to be honest, since the push to use data
control with data is relatively new I'm not really sure what use case to
optimize the experience for. Are people more likely to make little tweaks
or massive remaps?

-Marianne

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Ross Jones <ross at servercode.co.uk> wrote:

> 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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