On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Alan Jenkins<[email protected]> wrote: > I've added a couple of my favourite niche knowledge packages: the > collections of internet RFCs and the International Speculative Fiction > Database. I have a question about CKAN Download URLs though.
Great! Just had a look at these: http://ckan.net/package/read/isfdb http://ckan.net/package/read/rfcs Thanks also for fixing the package with the 'access-web' tag. Glad to see you've got the hang of the access and format tags straight away! > For the packages I added, I didn't give the direct download URL - I gave the > URL of the page which _described_ the download URL(s). Otherwise a) you may > miss out on options like different formats, older versions, or downloading > the site code alongside the data; b) if the format is a bit obscure like an > SQL dump, then you may not know what to do with it once you've downloaded > it! My own feeling is that if there is a single URL for the file (as with CKAN) then this should go in the download URL field. If there are multiple URLs for different files perhaps, I think you're right that its better to make sure all options are included and to link to page which lists URLs! I guess its also an option to document these options in the notes section... Having entered a few packages it would be great to hear your thoughts about CKAN and whether you can think of any improvements or new features you'd like to see! -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
