[okfn-labs] Question regarding data package distribution

[Rodrigo Parra]

Thank you all.
We'll definitely keep every advice in mind.
I was missing the data package identifier concept, I think it pretty much
answers my question.

Cheers!

2015-04-01 8:51 GMT-04:00 Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:

> On 31 March 2015 at 19:09, Rodrigo Parra <rodpar07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> First of all, as this is my first email to the list, let me introduce
>> myself. My name is Rodrigo Parra, I am a developer working as a part of the
>> Open Data initiative in Paraguay.
>>
>
> Great to hear from you.
>
>
>> As a part of my job, I am interested in publishing some government
>> datasets in the tabular data package format. If I understand correctly, in
>> its simplest form, this means a CSV file + a datapackage.json (JSON Table
>> Schema) file.
>>
>
> That's exactly right. The simplest, quickest introduction is at the home
> of Labs' Frictionless Data project: http://data.okfn.org/publish
>
>
>> I want to be able to share datapackages with a single URL. My question
>> is: is there a recommended/spec compliant way to do this? I was thinking
>> about implementing one of the following:
>>
>
> What exactly do you mean by share? Basically, the idea is you can publish
> data packages online anywhere you can upload files - or you can get them
> via an API if you configure it right. In addition, CKAN and various other
> tools have built in support Data Packages and we also have the Data Package
> registry at http://data.okfn.org/data/ (this is in progress)
>
>>
>>    - Single URL pointing to github repository.
>>
>> That's possible. As per the Data Package identifier spec github urls
> count as identifiers:
>
> http://dataprotocols.org/data-package-identifier/
>
>>
>>    - Single URL pointing to zipped file.
>>
>> Generally I would discourage zipped file approach as it creates another
> step but it can be convenient.
>
>>
>>    - Single URL pointing to a public directory containing both files.
>>
>> That's the simplest option and quite nice.
>
>
>> What would you suggest? Or is my question out of the scope of the spec?
>>
>
> No, this is definitely a nice question and we could be adding info to
> http://data.okfn.org/doc/publish-online
>
>
>> Any answer as well as any tip regarding data package implementation
>> (already found JTSKit and I'm loving it) would be very appreciated.
>>
>
> That's great to hear. By the way, whilst the list is great we are
> increasingly preferring the forum for discussions like this as it provides
> a better way to archive and contribute to threads like this:
>
> http://discuss.okfn.org/category/open-knowledge-labs/data-packages
>
> All the best,
>
> Rufus Pollock
>
>
>> Best regards,
>> Rodrigo Parra
>>
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