This document summarizes a presentation about the CKAN data management system. It introduces CKAN, describes its main features for publishing, finding, storing and managing datasets, engaging with users, and customizing the system. It provides examples of how CKAN is used by sites like data.gov.uk and discusses installation instructions, including required packages, configuring PostgreSQL, and deployment options.

1. ckan 2.0 Introduction
Internship @ Academia Sinica
Report #1
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Taiwan License.
Presenter: Cheng-Jen Lee (Sol)
Email: u10313335 AT citi.sinica.edu.tw

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Agenda
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About ckan
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Feature Tour
– Publish & Find Datasets
– Store & Manage Data
– Engage with Users & Others
– Customise & Extend
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Other Cases
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Installation Notes

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Agenda
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About ckan
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Feature Tour
– Publish & Find Datasets
– Store & Manage Data
– Engage with Users & Others
– Customise & Extend
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Other Cases
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Installation Notes

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About ckan
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The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive
Network
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a powerful data management system
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Publishing
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Sharing
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Finding
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Using Data

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Feature Tour

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Feature Tour (1)
Publish & Find Datasets

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Feature Tour (1)
Publish & Find Datasets

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Feature Tour (2)
Store & Manage Data
DataStore API
FileStore API
recline_preview
json_preview
pdf_preview
ckanext-spatial

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Feature Tour (3)
Engage with Users & Others

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Feature Tour (4)
Customise & Extend
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RESTful JSON APIs
– The Action API
– The DataStore API
– The FileStore API
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Extensions (over 60)
– Ckanext-spatial
– QA extension
– Google analytics
● Open Source!

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Agenda
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About ckan
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Feature Tour
– Publish & Find Datasets
– Store & Manage Data
– Engage with Users & Others
– Customise & Extend
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Other Cases
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Installation Notes

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DATA.GOV.UK

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DATA.GOV.UK

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Geospatial Data Explorer:
Afghanistan Election Districts

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Demo Site:
demo.ckan.org

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Agenda
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About ckan
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Feature Tour
– Publish & Find Datasets
– Store & Manage Data
– Engage with Users & Others
– Customise & Extend
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Other Cases
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Installation Notes

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System Architecture

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Install from Source
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Install the required package
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Virtual environment
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Checkout the source (via GIT)
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PostgreSQL setup (user, db)
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Create a CKAN config file
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Setup Jetty & Solr
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Initialize Database
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Link to who.ini
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Create a Sysadmin User
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Deployment (nginx + uWSGI)

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Step-by-Step Guide
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My blog:
– http://sol.loli.tw/?p=1392
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Sphinx format (later)

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What You Should Know
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Python
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Pylons
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ckan plugins toolkit
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SQLAlchemy
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JavaScript
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SQL
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Babel

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Issues
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solr-jetty (debian package):
Broken symlink to solr's webapp
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CJK Support
– Search
– Some broken translations
– PDF viewer
– ...

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Thanks for your attention!
Any Q?