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Any more thoughts on a shared taxonomy repository?

Posted by dman on July 25, 2007 at 3:01am
Project:Taxonomy import/export via XML
Version:5.x-1.x-dev
Component:Miscellaneous
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:active

Issue Summary

As per older discussion
XML Taxonomies for Import?

This is the tool to use to help all sites use pre-filled vocabularies.
It would be nice if someone were to nominate a place and a syntax for folk to contribute their own lists.

I'm guessing even a project branch of its own here would allow CVS patches to these XML files.

I constructed a structured taxonomy of all US (and territories) states and counties - 690 KB!
I'd love to give it back somehow.

(I also think that the drupal-unly schema needs revision, but that's just because I like RDF :-)

I also have a CSV-import addition to the module, if anyone's interested in me patching that in...

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#1

Posted by NicolasH on July 25, 2007 at 9:24am

dman, I'd be very interested in the CSV import feature...look forward to your patch.

#2

Posted by NancyDru on March 4, 2008 at 12:59am

Shouldn't this be in the Location module?

#3

Posted by dman on March 4, 2008 at 6:46am

That specific schema, maybe.
What I'm looking for here is a good, solid syntax for taxonomy interchange. The data dump is just one example. I don't use location for anything yet - it was just for tagging.

#4

Posted by swithin on December 29, 2009 at 9:49pm

We are putting together a team to build a taxonomy sharing system. The system will originally be used by a set of "shared tools" being built by a group of New England non-profits, and will eventually be shared with everyone.

However, we do not want to reinvent the wheel, and would appreciate advice on any "shared taxonomy" tools that are already out there, and specifically ones that are actively in use.

The envisioned system should ideally

  1. allow users to create and modify as many different taxonomies as they think need to be shared,
  2. allow users to cross-link the touch-points of those taxonomies,
  3. allow taxonomies to be translated into all languages, with a set of master indexes that make them all searchable by users of any tongue,
  4. have an adjustable set of login permissions to allow "owners", "editors" and "the general public" to suggest, approve, and version revisions to the shared taxonomies, in a structured and manageable way,
  5. be distributed, and non-proprietary.

Please advise.

Thank You.

#5

Posted by dman on December 29, 2009 at 9:57pm

FYI, Last month I got on board with http://www.freebase.com/
It rocks!
I'm trying to ensure that taxonomy_xml can ingest freebase data where appropriate.
The underlying code is NOT distributed or truly 'open', but the data it shares, the protocol, syntax and API is.

#6

Posted by NancyDru on December 30, 2009 at 2:21am

Is there some place better than this issue to provide input?

It would be nice if the shared taxonomies had some common extensions, such as a list of countries having flag images associated with it. And towns having geocoding.

#7

Posted by dman on December 30, 2009 at 4:02am

This issue is fine. Or there's space over on g.d.o

For support of extensions to taxonomy terms, we need a stable mechanism beyond Drupal taxonomy, such as taxonomy_enhancer, fieldable_terms or rdf As discussed here.

I'm willing to support taxonomy_image into taxonomy_xml if appropriate, but I'd rather see it happen through a common schema/api such as RDF. That's already solved the syntax issues for geocoding, attribution, annotation etc. We just need to allow Drupal hooks to read it at term_save() time.

#8

Posted by NancyDru on December 30, 2009 at 2:25pm

Gee, someone was reading between the lines... ;-) I don't know how many would consider TI support "appropriate," but I would definitely like to see that as I do use this module to transfer vocabularies from one site to another, and carrying images would be very nice.

BTW, Glossary is another one where there may be opportunities for extensions.