Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of PackageResources


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11/10/09 10:56:08 (4 years ago)
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rgrp
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  • PackageResources

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    1919Different representations of the same material - how do we deal with this? Options: 
    20  1. each distribution has its own CKAN package. 
    21  1. a CKAN package can refer to multiple distributions. 
     20 1. Each distribution has its own CKAN package. The "Debian approach" 
     21 1. A CKAN package can refer to multiple distributions (e.g. via multiple download_urls). The "registry" approach. 
    2222 
    23 package.distributions ? 
     23Both options could be used in practice with the choice dictated by how different the representations are (e.g. it might be that the RDF representation is really quite different from the csv -- and certainly more different than files zip versus tar.gz). 
     24 
     25=== Proposal === 
     26 
     27We should support both options. 
     28 
     29Option 1 requires no changes to CKAN. 
     30 
     31Option 2 does. Also suggest that we do more than simply provide additional download_url and as will likely want additional metadata (plus ability to set default etc etc). This should be discussed more in light of further discussion of requirements.