Wrote down some thoughts about the data structure of a unified directory service, but would be happy to have this discussion admin-moderated in a central place to push this new approach.
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hedonil#Draft._.28Labs-_.29Tools-_Directory -Hedonil On 14/08/14 16:10, Marc-André Pelletier wrote: > On 08/13/2014 11:15 AM, Hay (Husky) wrote: >> If you have a web-hosted tool, simply stick it in the root of your >> tools directory so that it's reachable by the crawler. Whenever your >> tool data changes, just update the file and the directory will >> automatically update the directory site. > I would actually prefer that the json file live in the tool's home, and > will shortly provide a means by which this can be fetched by HTTP. Not > all tools provide web interfaces, and metadata about those would be just > as useful. > > It would also make sense to have more than one url element; one > (optional) for a web interface, for instance, and one to documentation > at the least. > > -- Marc > > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l _______________________________________________ Labs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l
