Re: [Arches] GSoC '14 project - Import/Export Improvements
Hi Tharindu, Your ref suggestion is very interesting, and it may well play a role in the Import/Export improvements effort. Let me offer a few use cases to clarify what this project might include: 1. Exporting data from one Arches instance to another Arches instance: We're expecting that Arches may be used to support the data collection effort for individual cultural heritage projects (for example, a local survey). It would be nice to support export of Arches data so that it could be incorporated into another Arches instance (say a regional or national dataset that would like to import data from local surveys). This would imply exporting Arches resource data into a format that could easily be imported by another Arches instance. But what do we mean by Arches resource data?. It would include the instance graphs for each cultural heritage record in the database. But it would also need to include (at a minimum) the thesaurus entries associated with each record. And it would also need to include the resource graphs for the source Arches instance (so that the target Arches instance could implement the graphs if they are different). We are planning on supporting SKOS for import/export of thesauri. 2. Importing data from a traditional database into Arches: It would be nice to make it easier for organizations to transfer their existing data into Arches. So far, we're seeing cultural heritage data being managed using Excel Spreadsheets, Access Databases, and Oracle/SQL Server databases. The idea would be to explore building a tool that would let an organization map data in csv format to a resource graph and then build an Arches Data File. I think it would make sense for this Arches Data File to be formatted as XML or JSON. We'd be able to then write a script that could import the Arches Data File. I hope these 2 examples help you understand what we're trying to support with the Import/Export effort. I'd welcome any questions or suggestions that you might have. Cheers, Dennis On Mar 11, 2014, at 22:44, Tharindu Rusira tharindurus...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Alexei Peters apet...@fargeo.comwrote: Hi Tharindu, Either Adam Lodge or Dennis Wuthrich would be good people to talk to about your ideas on Import/Export. Do you have experience working with RDF? Hi Alexi, Yes. I have been working with RDF recently during my internship. My work was done with a data semantics enhancement perspective so I would love to provide Arches something valuable with what I have learnt. If so, I'm sure we'd all love to hear your thoughts. Thanks, I'm looking forward to bring this idea to the next level. Regards, Cheers, Alexei Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173 On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Tharindu Rusiratharindurus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I am Tharindu Rusira, a third year computer science and engineering undergraduate from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I recently came across the Arches ideas page[1] and found Import/Export Improvements to be a really interesting project to work on. I am currently looking for a resource in order to understand the existing data exchange format in Arches so that I will be able to understand the exact requirement and possible improvements. According to what I have understood so far, I think rdf[2] would be a better approach because at a certain point, Arches data can be made compatible with linked/semantic data platforms instead of passing them as raw data. I would like to further discuss on this issue with a potential mentor. Any ideas regarding this project is highly appreciated. [1] http://archesproject.org/ideas/ [2] http://www.w3.org/RDF/ Thanks. -Tharindu -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email toarchesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- M.P. Tharindu Rusira Kumara Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. +94757033733 www.tharindu-rusira.blogspot.com -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to
[Arches] Handling Complex Geometries
Hi guys, Handling of complex Geometries was suggest to me from the gsoc ideas page (http://archesproject.org/ideas/).I wanted to know how can we make it possible to implement it in the arches project?I did some research on my own and found some references that might help us in handling geometries.Arches would really cool with having tools to create geometries(maybe even 3d :D ) and later on retrieving them when required :) I found some references on the net . ---http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-intro/// ---http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.4/ch07.html Could you guys suggest me how should i go about it? Cheers Utsav -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Arches] Handling complex geometries
Hi guys, Handling of complex Geometries was suggest to me from the gsoc ideas page (http://archesproject.org/ideas/).I wanted to know how can we make it possible to implement it in the arches project?I did some research on my own and found some references that might help us in handling geometries.Arches would really cool with having tools to create geometries(maybe even 3d :D ) and later on retrieving them when required :) I found some references on the net . ---http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-intro/ // Looks good ---http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.4/ch07.html Could you guys suggest me how should i go about it? Cheers Utsav -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [Arches] Handling complex geometries
Hi Utsav, Please feel free to submit your proposal to the team. Please see the archesproject.org site for some basic guidelines on what we're looking for in a proposal. Cheers, Alexei Sent from my Windows Phone -- From: Utsav returnofdj...@gmail.com Sent: 3/12/2014 2:04 PM To: archesproject@googlegroups.com Subject: [Arches] Handling complex geometries Hi guys, Handling of complex Geometries was suggest to me from the gsoc ideas page (http://archesproject.org/ideas/).I wanted to know how can we make it possible to implement it in the arches project?I did some research on my own and found some references that might help us in handling geometries.Arches would really cool with having tools to create geometries(maybe even 3d :D ) and later on retrieving them when required :) I found some references on the net . ---http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-intro/ // Looks good ---http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.4/ch07.html Could you guys suggest me how should i go about it? Cheers Utsav -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Arches] Re: Handling complex geometries
Utsav, We dont think that creating an ability to add, edit, and display 3D geometries is likely to be successful in the timeframe of the GSoC. To help you zero in to what our idea is really about, look at the Multipart Geometries (2D) table shown on this wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text. This nicely describes the types of complex geometries that we are interested in supporting. Adam On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:04:47 PM UTC-7, Utsav wrote: Hi guys, Handling of complex Geometries was suggest to me from the gsoc ideas page (http://archesproject.org/ideas/).I wanted to know how can we make it possible to implement it in the arches project?I did some research on my own and found some references that might help us in handling geometries.Arches would really cool with having tools to create geometries(maybe even 3d :D ) and later on retrieving them when required :) I found some references on the net . ---http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-intro/ // Looks good ---http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.4/ch07.html Could you guys suggest me how should i go about it? Cheers Utsav -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Arches Project group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
