Changes between Version 29 and Version 30 of BluePrint/Importer

Timestamp:

01/22/11 11:57:24 (14 years ago)

Author:

Pat Tressel

Comment:

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BluePrint/Importer

@@ -118 +118 @@
 
 - A repository or other source that has its own data format that does not match ours.
-A means of mapping from the source's schema to ours will be needed.
-It is likely, for an existing source, that we will produce the schema mapping.
-Would want to detect schema changes, or get notification of them.
 
-- A user who wants to upload data, and is willing to format it to our specification.
-In this case the data can be processed without a schema mapping.
+- A user who wants to upload data, and is willing to format it to our specification,
+  i.e. use our table and column names.
 
 ==== Data structure uses cases: ====
@@ -175 +172 @@
 - Any combination of the above.
 
+=== Schema mapping ===
 
+- If the source has a schema that does not match ours, a means of mapping from the
+  source's schema to ours will be needed, or will have to be inferred.
+  (It is likely, for an existing major source, that we would write the schema mapping.
+  For such a source, if we were receiving updates from them regularly, we would want
+  to detect schema changes, or get notification of them.  But for a source we draw
+  on regularly, there may be better means of pulling data than CSV files...)
+
+- If the data uses our formatting, we don't need a schema mapping -- we just need
+  to be told it's our formatting.