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Registry of civic projects produced by Open Austin participants.
https://data.open-austin.org/Civic_Project/
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Should type be a list? #3

Closed luqmaan closed 10 years ago

luqmaan commented 10 years ago

Right now type is a single identifier. Should type be a list? A project can be a web application, desktop application, and mobile application simultaneously.

type Identifier of project type. (Required)

web application -- An interactive application hosted on the web, that operates within a web browser. mobile application -- A native application, designed to be installed on a mobile or handheld device. desktop application -- A native application, designed to be installed on a desktop or laptop computer. web service -- A service that is accessed through an API. website -- A collection of content and information posted to the web, designed to be accessed with a web browser. dataset -- Information posted to the web in machine consumable format. document -- Information posted to the web in a human readable format.

courtney-rosenthal commented 10 years ago

I'm not going to accept this change right now -- but not going to reject it either. Going to leave this issue open for now.

I added some verbiage to Schema.md around this (and clarified that "mobile app" and "desktop app" are reserved for native apps).

Usage of the data (e.g. producing a categorized listing) will be greatly simplified if this is a single value, not a list. I'd like to see an example of live projects that should have multiple types, and shouldn't instead be categorized into separate projects (e.g. the app vs web service).

luqmaan commented 10 years ago

The clarification solves this problem for me. Closing the issue.