http://localhost/ticket/189 <p> See also: <a class="wiki" href="http://localhost/wiki/PackageResources">PackageResources</a> which defines a 'distribution' as a package's payload (perhaps with metadata). In our case, at least within CKAN, the representation of the distribution will just be the reference to get it (plus some minor metadata). </p> <h2 id="Asa">As a</h2> <p> User (package editor and package user) </p> <h2 id="Iwantto">I want to</h2> <p> (package editor) Associate multiple distributions with a package. </p> <p> (package user) Easily have access to multiple distributions of a package should they exist. </p> <h2 id="Implementation">Implementation</h2> <p> There is an object called 'Distribution' with the following attributes: </p> <ul><li>url (text) (required in UI, but not in db table) </li><li>format (text) </li><li>description (text) </li><li>package (association) - a distribution is always associated with 1 package </li></ul><p> A package's list of distributions will have an order which is preserved. The first in the list will be known as the 'default distribution'. </p> <h3 id="Howtoreplacedownloadurl">How to replace download url</h3> <p> download_url removed and replaced as a proxy attribute. Read returns the url of the default distribution. Write changes the url of the default distribution. Ensures backward compatibility. </p> <p> REST API has new attribute in package dictionary 'distributions' - an ordered list. </p> <p> In WUI, replace download url in package read with a table of the distributions. </p> <p> In the WUI package edit, be able to add/remove/edit/reorder distributions. </p> <h2 id="Example">Example</h2> <p> Example part of package: </p> <h3 id="Distributions:">Distributions:</h3> <table class="wiki"> <tr><td> http://some.com/pollution.pdf </td><td> PDF </td><td> Original report </td></tr><tr><td> http://some.com/pollution.csv </td><td> csv </td><td> Original data </td></tr><tr><td> http://some.com/pollution </td><td> sparql </td><td> Linked version of data </td></tr></table> <p> Existing data to be migrated to new structure. </p> <p> Cost: 4 days </p> en-us http://assets.okfn.org/p/ckan/img/ckan_logo_shortname.png http://localhost/ticket/189 Trac 0.12.3 dread Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:58 GMT http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:1 http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>description</strong> modified (<a href="/ticket/189?action=diff&amp;version=1">diff</a>) </li> </ul> Ticket dread Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:27:20 GMT http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:2 http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>priority</strong> changed from <em>awaiting triage</em> to <em>critical</em> </li> <li><strong>description</strong> modified (<a href="/ticket/189?action=diff&amp;version=2">diff</a>) </li> </ul> Ticket dread Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:06:28 GMT http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:3 http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:3 <ul> <li><strong>description</strong> modified (<a href="/ticket/189?action=diff&amp;version=3">diff</a>) </li> </ul> Ticket dread Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:18:25 GMT http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:4 http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:4 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> changed from <em>rgrp</em> to <em>dread</em> </li> </ul> Ticket dread Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:11:51 GMT http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:5 http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:5 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> changed from <em>new</em> to <em>closed</em> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> set to <em>fixed</em> </li> </ul> <p> All done in 5 days in: cset:5c7f0ebd728c cset:20374a1ee763 cset:02ce73aef595 cset:36eda4112f72 cset:dd285dd1b821 </p> <p> Also made relevant changes in importer, create-search-test-data and data4nr. It wasn't clear that download_url could be made a SA proxy, so instead put download_url proxy in the REST interface to maintain compatibility with existing clients. </p> Ticket rgrp Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:02:41 GMT http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:6 http://localhost/ticket/189#comment:6 <ul> <li><strong>milestone</strong> set to <em>v0.11</em> </li> </ul> Ticket