A set of CKAN extensions, developed within FIWARE, which integrates the CKAN data portal platform with the main FIWARE GEs, enhancing the default CKAN behaviour with improved access control, publication of right-time context data, and rich visualization features.
The roadmap of this FIWARE GE is described here
This project is part of FIWARE. For more information check the FIWARE Catalogue entry for Data Publication and Monetization.
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This is the main repository of the FIWARE CKAN extensions. This project is part of FIWARE.
The FIWARE CKAN extensions project is not a single repository, but it is composed of a set projects, each of them implementing a different CKAN extension, that together with with CKAN made up the FIWARE Extended CKAN portal.
In particular, the following extensions have been created:
CKAN is an open data publication platform, widely extended, which enable the publication, search, discovery and consumption of open datasets.
In this context, the FIWARE CKAN extensions enhance the default CKAN features in order to integrate this tool within the FIWARE ecosystem, supporting the publication, management and rich visualization of right-time context data, while improving the access control and enabling data monetization.
The detailed instructions on how to install the FIWARE CKAN Extensions can be found at the Installation Guide.
In general, CKAN extensions can be installed using python, following the next steps:
$ git clone https://github.com/<plugin_repo>
$ cd <plugin_repo>
$ . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate
$ python setup.py install
Note: If you want to install the plugin for development, you can use the following command:
$ python setup.py develop
The different extensions provide an API that can be used in order to manage its features programmatically without using the web portal. In particular:
For further documentation, you can check the API Reference available at:
You can also find this documentation on ReadTheDocs
This project is part of FIWARE and has been rated as follows:
Extensions to CKAN is licensed under Affero General Public License (GPL) version 3.
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