dmdScheme MetaData Repository

Repository for the metadata created by using dmdScheme based metadata schemes.

This is a draft document and the repository is not yet functional!

Repo structure:

• metadata
  • DIRECTORY.yaml
  • SCHEME1NAME_VERSION1
    • metadata_as_xml_1_.xml
    • metadata_as_xml_2_.xml
    • metadata_as_xml_3_.xml
    • ...
  • SCHEME1NAME_VERSION2
    • metadata_as_xml_1_.xml
    • metadata_as_xml_2_.xml
    • metadata_as_xml_3_.xml
    • ...
  • SCHEME2NAME_VERSION
    • metadata_as_xml_1_.xml
    • metadata_as_xml_2_.xml
    • metadata_as_xml_3_.xml
    • ...
  • db.sqlite SCHEME1NAME_VERSION1.sqlite SCHEME1NAME_VERSION2.sqlite SCHEME2NAME_VERSION.sqlite
  • db.sqlite SCHEME1NAME_VERSION1.sqlite SCHEME1NAME_VERSION2.sqlite SCHEME2NAME_VERSION.sqlite

As everything is text, a csv should be sufficient. Otherwise, an sqlite would be more robust, but not that suitable for github. For the moment, we should leave it as a csv for the moment and master.

File DIRECTORY.yaml

This is a yaml file, with the following structure:

• top level: NAME_VERSION of the scheme
  • name: Name of the scheme
  • version: Version of the scheme
  • creator: creator of the scheme
  • info: Info to the metadata

Upload of new metadata

The upload is not automated yet. A possibility would be to have an R package which is

• cloning the repo
• adding the metadata to the directory
• adding the metadata to the db.*
• add the relevant info tho the DIRECTORY.yaml file
• commits the changes
• pushes the changes to github