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dibbs-vdc / ccql

Hyrax-based Ruby on Rails application for cataloging, committing, querying, and linking data related to the DIBBS Virtual Data Collaboratory (VDC) project.
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Funder #33

Open anniekj opened 6 years ago

anniekj commented 6 years ago

I agree with Robert that it would be great if "Funder" could be a drop down with a list of major funders.

jkim-ru commented 6 years ago

Currently, the Funder is an auto-complete field, with a very limited controlled vocabulary. The potential options are defined in a YAML file. If you were to try typing "Math" or "Janice" it would give you a list of options. If there's nothing close to what you want to put as funder, it'll allow you to enter that instead.

I believe we are eventually going to modify the controlled vocabulary to pull from https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/, but when I last checked, that list is over 10k long, and I think there was some talk of limiting it.

So, Question -- What should the controlled vocabulary look like for the funder?

Also, across the board, the descriptions/hints for the fields are lacking. It probably would have been helpful to have something prompting the user to start typing or at least indicating that it was an auto-complete field to begin with. I think I'll open up a separate issue for that.