uswest: package data

[bbest]

uswest: package data

[bbest]

On Jun 17, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Ben Best bbest@nceas.ucsb.edu wrote:

Hi Erich,

Actually,

Brazil data
http://ohi.nceas.ucsb.edu/data/br-2013/

is hosted by our NCEAS server neptune as static files. Whereas the main science site

OHI-Science
http://ohi-science.org

is actually hosted by Github at https://github.com/OHI-Science/ohi-science.github.io (note the index changes), which is in fact the same site serving the "scenario" files for ohi-uswest:

OHI-USWest
https://github.com/OHI-Science/ohi-uswest

which also has the benefit of being fully versioned (see commits) so any changes are fully documented (and typically referenced in ohicore issues, like #105). We're migrating as much as possible to this Github model, which allows anyone to easily "fork" the entire repository into their own user space, make changes, and suggest edits back (in the form of a "pull request"; this approach is called the fork and pull model). It also automatically provides a Download ZIP option for the latest files without any extra work. This is all rather technical, but has great utility for any regional efforts that want to borrow from existing work. We'll share much more on all this by the end of the month, but here's a little taste from Israel notes last week.

BB

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Erich J Pacheco epacheco@conservation.org wrote:
Thanks. Is there a reason for not hosting it directly in the ohi-science site like the Brazil data is?

On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Ben Best bbest@nceas.ucsb.edu wrote:

Hi Erich,

Good point. I just added the live link to ohi-science.org front page. I decided the browsable web site with the Download ZIP button is preferable to linking directly to downloading a zip. While I don't foresee the link changing, the ohi-science.org is the most reliable starting point. You can direct the web browser to the Data section by using this link: http://ohi-science.org/#data.

Thanks, BB

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Erich J Pacheco epacheco@conservation.org wrote:
Thanks Ben. Will you be activating the link on the ohi-science site? For Brazil we simply linked directly the the page in the ohi-science site. Otherwise, will the browsable github data stay there permanently?

Thanks,
Erich J Pacheco

On Jun 17, 2014, at 3:15 PM, Ben Best bbest@nceas.ucsb.edu wrote:

Hi Erich,

Here's the link to the data:

https://github.com/ohi-science/ohi-uswest/archive/master.zip

This is a zip of the repository that you can browse:

https://github.com/ohi-science/ohi-uswest

I'm still adding some layers and documentation, but the link won't change.

Thanks, BB