Use One File for Each Herb in Flora

[emptymalei]

Is it better to have one file for each herb in flora?

Situition

Currently, the flora is defined in a single json file.

• It becomes hard to read. This is not fitting into the human-readable principle.
• It becomes hard to manage. We are currently sorting everything in the big file. When we have a problem, the whole flora will be unusable.

Solution

Use separate files for herbs.

Simply Copy dataherb.json

• Copy dataherb.json to workdir/{id}/dataherb.json or {id}.json will work.

  • Using folders allows us to put in more files. For example, we can take datapackage content out to make it more managable.

• Build the flora from all these files.

• Implement this new structure.

Ready for a Demo repo of flora

In this way, we can put up a repo for open datasets easily and allow users to add more easily.

Possible creating process

• Create package directly on GitHub by uploading the dataherb.json file.

  • But there should be a validation process to avoid duplicate id.

• Setup a demo repo as demo flora.