Publication Plugin for CKAN

The open source data portal software CKAN allows researchers to describe their datasets based on linked data principles. Metadata about the origin, size, license, etc. of a dataset can be conveniently entered and is presented in a nice way. Since datasets are typically analyzed in scientific publications, it would be very helpful, if the publication metadata could be easily added, too. In particular, re-using and linking data from existing systems would ease the addition of publications.

Therefore, the goal of this project is to write a Python-based plugin for CKAN which allows researchers to add publication metadata to their datasets. The publication metadata shall be stored in the collaborative publication management system BibSonomy, developed by the L3S Research Center. Both systems can interact using a REST-based web API. For this project, knowledge in Python is essential and a background in web-based programming helpful.

Contact: Robert Jäschke