CKAN Metadata-Webtool

[Blauerdaemon]

I am looking for feedback on a Webtool trying to simplify making CKAN metadata (more exactly netkan files).

Please try it on https://brohlsoft.de/apps/metadata-webtool/ and tell me what you think - here or in the issue tracker.

You can find the sources at https://github.com/janbrohl/ksp-ckan-metadata-webtool

 

If you want to have a look at the CKAN index, you might like https://brohlsoft.de/apps/ckan/ too

Edited July 23, 2016 by Blauerdaemon
Add link to Web-View

[kcs123]

You would have more luck if you have notified @politas about it. Or maybe @VITAS, to include code on spacedock.

I haven't dealed with netkan, so I don't know if some similar GUI already exist. Don't have enough knowlage either to check if your code create accurate metadata.
But mentioned gentlemens could tell more about it.

Either way, I found this post by pure luck.

[politas]

Hi BlauerDaemon! Good idea creating a thread for this. I just tried it out for a mod and found it pretty good. Only issue I have is the empty "install" stanza. If no specific install instructions are given, It would be better to not include an "install" stanza at all.

Apart from that, it might be worth talking to @godarklight about the code that Space-duck uses to create PRs to NetKAN.

[kcs123]

It was several days passed since anyone noticed this thread. @Blauerdaemon might need notification too about this thread if it is not marked to follow.

[Blauerdaemon]

@politas

Skipping empty install now (since https://github.com/janbrohl/ksp-ckan-metadata-webtool/commit/4b46d08bbc57fde5c46d24bd5a660d7ce593c9c5 )

While of course it is possible to generate PRs directly demonstrated in https://github.com/janbrohl/NetKAN-API I do not see a big advantage in that which would be worth the trouble of authentication - maybe I am overlooking something.

@kcs123

Thanks - I actually forgot to follow my thread (thought that would be automatic)

 

Edited July 23, 2016 by Blauerdaemon

[politas]

If it comes in as a PR, Jenkins will test it for compatibility with existing metadata immediately, and a CKAN reviewer would need to do much less, potentially just check the install results and merge.

[VITAS]

Im aware of this project and we will find ways to integrate some /most of it into SD at some point.

 

Edited July 27, 2016 by VITAS

[Blauerdaemon]

@politas
Actually it seems better to implement a central API for submitting change requests to the index than putting this in this Tool. Submitted an issue concerning this on https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/1857