Add "Source" to every Version and show it in footer

[wellemut]

To be in line with Creative Commons Regulations and ODbL-Laws, we need to show every contributer or Datasource for an entry.

• Backend: Therefore we have to extend the ofDB with a field for the "Datasource" of this specific version. In this field there should be a link to the initial source. So by clicking on this link, the user should be redirected to the entry on another plattform. In case this is not possible, it can be a general Link like https://www.stadtwandler.org/ or even just a Name, like "Wikidata".
• Frontend: In the Footer of each entry has to be a link "Sources" which leads to the ofDB-Page of that entry (i.e. https://openfairdb.org/entries/a3f7793fd645449d9a844e350e377e61) where you see a list of all contributers and source of that entry!
  

That also means, that when we are importing new entries, the source has to be named in the imported version.
Even though, the latest version of an entry is a mix of all versions before, it will have as "Source" the last editor. Therefore, if the user clicks on sources in the footer, we show all sources, not only the last one.

[samuk]

Is there any time estimate for when this will be implemented, please?

[flosse]

Is there any time estimate for when this will be implemented, please?

There are simply two ways you can estimate it:

1. Do it yourself and create a pull request
2. Pay someone who can do this for you

[samuk]

So a long time then?

[wellemut]

Is there any time estimate for when this will be implemented, please?

At the moment this is not needed because nearly all entries come from anonymous users.

This is only required when we start systematically import data. And the import system ist the complicated part, which we will start to develop next year.

When do you need it and why? @samuk

[samuk]

I'm looking to run this query https://api.ofdb.io/v0/search?text=transitiontown&categories=&bbox=46.09609080214316%2C-0.42846679687500006%2C54.61025498157912%2C17.446289062500004&limit=1000:

And display the pins on the map here: https://transitioninitiative.org/

The links would send the user back to your site, eg https://openfairdb.org/entries/a3f7793fd645449d9a844e350e377e61 for further information from a small popup.

[samuk]

@wellemut have you got any thoughts on this issue? We're quite keen to represent German Transition initiatives on our map. Sponsorship/financial support is not out of the question, depending on the amount required. An alternate solution might be to include the links/emails to the initiatives in the API response? It would then be usable for us.

[wellemut]

Hi @samuk
What you are asking for is something completly different. Because you need the link to the entry in our databasis. This issue is about how to add a Source-information to any version of an entry in our databasis. So in fact, if we would have this field, you still would not get the URL of the entry, but rather a username of the editor or a source like "Wikipedia"...

In your case, you should just create you URL by yourself, which is fairly easy. Just take the ID like 16e7a8f88c2040588c3061a0a6c15194 and put https://kartevonmorgen.org/#/?entry= before

Does this help you?
I would be very happy if that helps you to display the german transition initiatives too.

[samuk]

Yes that makes sense! We'll have a go and report back. Thanks..

[wellemut]

Yes that makes sense! We'll have a go and report back. Thanks..

How is it going @samuk ?

[samuk]

We've recently done some work on Murmurations, which to some extent solves the 'getting them all on one map' issue: https://map.murmurations.network/?tags=transition

We haven't yet integrated this map into our Transition Groups map. We hope to return to this work soon.