ckanext-dataset-series

A fast and simple implementation of Dataset Series.

Dataset Series are loosely defined as collections of datasets that share some common characteristics. These can be related to the nature of the data, scope, publishing process, etc. For instance:

• Budget data release monthly or yearly
• Data split by country / region
• Data big in size split into smaller chunks
• Geospatial data distributed in grids

Dataset Series can be ordered or unordered.

How does it work?

This extension uses a custom dataset type (dataset_series) to define the parent series entities. These are just datasets and can have any of the standard dataset fields defined.

If the series is ordered, the only mandatory fields they need are the following (shown in the ckanext-scheming schema file definition):

scheming_version: 2
dataset_type: dataset_series

dataset_fields:

# [...]

# Series fields

- field_name: series_order_field
  preset: dataset_series_order

- field_name: series_order_type
  preset: dataset_series_order_type

At the dataset level, the series membership is defined with the in_series field. Datasets can belong to multiple series:

scheming_version: 2
dataset_type: dataset

dataset_fields:

# [...]

# Series fields

- field_name: in_series
  preset: dataset_series_in_series

Once these are in place, datasets can be assigned to a series by setting the in_series field via the API or the UI form.

API

If a dataset belongs to a series, a new series_navigation key is added to the response of the package_show action, showing details of the series it belongs to:

{
   "name": "test-dataset-in-series",
   "type": "dataset",
   "series_navigation": [
      {
          "id": "20f41df2-0b50-4b6b-9a75-44eb39411dca",
          "name": "test-dataset-series",
          "title": "Test Dataset series",
      }
  ]
}

If that series is ordered, it will include links to the previous and next dataset on the series (or None if they don't exist):

{
   "name": "test-series-member-2",
   "type": "dataset",
   "series_navigation": [
      {
          "id": "20f41df2-0b50-4b6b-9a75-44eb39411dca",
          "name": "test-dataset-series",
          "title": "Test Dataset series",
          "next": {
              "id": "ce8fb09a-f285-4ba8-952e-46dbde08c509",
              "name": "test-series-member-3",
              "title": "Test series member 3"
              "type": "dataset"
          },
          "previous": {
              "id": "826bd499-40e5-4d92-bfa1-f777775f0d76",
              "name": "test-series-member-1",
              "title": "Test series member 1",
              "type": "dataset"
          }
      }
  ]
}

Querying the series dataset will also return a series_navigation link if ordered, in this case linking to the first and last members:

{
   "name": "test-dataset-series",
   "type": "dataset_series",
   "series_navigation": {
      "count": 4,
 	  "first": {
 		  "id": "826bd499-40e5-4d92-bfa1-f777775f0d76",
 		  "name": "test-series-member-1",
 		  "title": "Test series member 1",
          "type": "dataset"
 	  },
 	  "last": {
 		  "id": "ce8fb09a-f285-4ba8-952e-46dbde08c509",
 		  "name": "test-series-member-3",
 		  "title": "Test series member 3",
          "type": "dataset"
 	  }
   }
}

UI

The extension includes a series_navigation.html snippet that adds a series navigation to the dataset page, with links to the previous and next datasets in the series. The snippet is left deliberately unstyled so sites can tweak it to fit their own design.

For example, you can adjust your package/read.html template to include the snippet in the following way:

{% ckan_extends %}

{% block package_description %}
    {% snippet "package/snippets/series_navigation.html", package=pkg %}

    {{ super() }}
{% endblock %}

• Series page showing a navigation of the member datasets

Requirements

If your extension works across different versions you can add the following table:

Compatibility with core CKAN versions:

Installation

To install ckanext-dataset-series:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

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

2. Clone the source and install it on the virtualenv

   git clone https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-dataset-series.git
   cd ckanext-dataset-series
   pip install -e .
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Add dataset_series to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at /etc/ckan/default/ckan.ini).

4. Restart CKAN.

Developer installation

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

git clone https://github.com//ckanext-dataset-series.git
cd ckanext-dataset-series
pip install -e .
pip install -r dev-requirements.txt

Tests

To run the tests, do:

pytest --ckan-ini=test.ini

License

AGPL