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Bagit-based data packaging specification for dissemination of research data with useful human and machine readable metadata: "Make Data Crate Again!"
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inconsistent guidance about CATALOG.json #20

Closed yrad closed 6 years ago

yrad commented 6 years ago

Nice work on this.

There looks to be some inconsistent guidance about 'CATALOG.json'.

'CATALOG.json' was relocated from the root directory to the metadata directory of a vanilla/Bagged Datacrate in version 0.2.

Yet: “In both kinds of DataCrate this file ['CATALOG.json'] is the root.” Do you mean the file should be in the root directory of a Working DataCrate? That’s what is indicated elsewhere.

Later, a 'CATALOG.json' appears erroneously(?) in the root of a Bagged DataCrate structure.

And then in the cp7glop.ai example, the '/CATALOG.json' is again in the root of the hypothetical Bagged DataCrate.

Out of curiosity, why was the 'CATALOG.json' file relocated? Is it for future JSON Patch housekeeping? Easier tag manifest management?