On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 09:46:04AM +0000, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: >Hi, Hi Iain!
>The Debian Data team produces the frameworks and runs the services that make >data about Debian available in a number of formats to make the data as >accessible as possible and to encourage its use both within Debian and in >external projects. > >Examples of projects managed by this team are: > > * map.debian.net - A map of Debian Locations > * rdf.debian.net - A Linked Data interface to the data in UDD > >Both of these are experimental projects, but they are ready to be turned >into something stable and permanent. > >I originally planned to use data.debian.net for this service, which would >also include JSON/JSONP, KML and iCalendar exports of data from UDD, and >later migrate the service to data.debian.org on a VM managed by DSA and >maintain data.debian.net as a development machine. > >In #808088, it was suggested that I could ask for the data.debian.org >psuedo-package to be assigned once it was cleared with DSA, but DSA has >bought up a previous project from ftp-master that was going to use the name >data.debian.org. > >I see that currently it does not have any DNS records. The entry on the >ftp-master wiki has not seen an update since 2009. > > https://ftp-master.debian.org/wiki/projects/data/ > >So if ftp-master no longer wishes to claim the name data.debian.org, and as >their usage would only be for datasets packaged in debian for distribution >using the mirrors, I would say data.ftp.debian.org would be a better name >for that service, then I would be very happy to have the name >data.debian.org for the Debian Data team. > >If not, I'm open to suggestions for other names to use. Examples of URLs >that would appear under this domain would be: To me, they sound more like *metadata* maybe: metadata.debian.{net,org} maybe? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?
