Closed okdistribute closed 8 years ago
Cool to see that you are working on this. What does "format-agnostic api" mean? Can people just link their csv files or should the data be hosted through dat?
Hey @finnp , thats a good question. It might be better to make everything a dat so we have uniform behavior (i.e., can use dat-editor to view). For small csv files, we can offer an uploading service and do the heroku magic for them.
Yeah, "format-agnostic" might not be the best wording. I just mean it shouldn't matter how the data is stored (essentially, use dat!)
Hosting this here now: https://github.com/karissa/dathub
Vision
We want to empower people to use dat to foster collaboration with data. The primary experience will be viewing information about and interacting with a particular dat owned by an individual or organization.
Key Functions
People will participate so that they can share their data with others and retrieve data from others. They will use the registry as a way to:
The dat data registry is NOT:
Initial proposal for features
As a user, I can
As an owner of a published dat, I can
Unresolved questions: