[wdmmg-dev] types, names and URLs

Rufus Pollock rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Thu Oct 6 10:42:03 UTC 2011


On 4 October 2011 11:31, Friedrich Lindenberg
<friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I sent out the following URL scheme a bit back and would love to hear
> more feedback on how to URL map bunkered datasets. Unlike most backend
> decisions this is something we may have to live with for a long time
> now so I think its worth getting general consent here (edited
> lightly):
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Friedrich Lindenberg
> <friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org> wrote:
>> The URL scheme I would propose is:

Looks good.

>> /browse - Lists datasets.
>> /<dataset> - base info
>> later: /<dataset>/source/<id>/data - bulk raw download
>> /<dataset>/entry/<id> - entries
>> /<dataset>/dimension/<name> - dimension metadata and distinct values (count and sum over each measure)

Are "to" and "from" now just dimensions? And why single out <taxonomy>
(ie. why not just have them as a dimension)?

>> /<dataset>/<taxonomy>/<id> - a dimension page
>> /api/<dataset>/aggregate - API endpoint
>> /session/...

What is session?

Rufus

>> /account/...
>>
>> All this can be shifted by <dataset> for subdomains.
>>
>> - Friedrich
>>
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