ckanext-resourcemeta

CKAN extension adding metadata fields to resources.

Included Resource Metadata fields

• release_date
• geographical_coverage
• exceptions
• formulas
• definitions
• units_used
• unique_identifier_field
• coordinate_reference_system

Requirements

CKAN

Installation

To install ckanext-resourcemeta:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

   . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate
   

2. Install the ckanext-resourcemeta Python package into your virtual environment:

   pip install git+https://github.com/WorldBank-Transport/ckanext-resourcemeta.git
   

3. Add resourcemeta to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file, for example in your /etc/ckan/default/production.ini or in your development.ini file

4. Restart CKAN. For example if you've deployed CKAN with Apache on Ubuntu:

   sudo service apache2 reload
   

NOTE

If you have multiple plugins overriding resource templates you may need to add resourcemeta before those plugins in your ckan.plugins setting, for example

ckan.plugins = ... resourcemeta other_resource_template_plugin

Development Installation

To install ckanext-resourcemeta for development, activate your CKAN virtualenv and do:

git clone https://github.com/WorldBank-Transport/ckanext-resourcemeta.git
cd ckanext-resourcemeta
python setup.py develop

Then add resourcemeta to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN.

If you would like to contribute source code to this plugin feel free to fork the github repository https://github.com/WorldBank-Transport/ckanext-resourcemeta and set it as an upstream remote. For more information about forking a github repostiry check https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/ or search for additional resources online.