[QGIS-Developer] Save layer metadata to global datasource

[Gerald Kogler]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for your info, please let us know when you start the crowdfunding
campaign to gather funds for advanced metadata support.

We have two clients interested in this feature and we will try to win
them as funders.

Regards
Gerald



On 2/7/19 10:16, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi Gerald
> 
> Thank you for your email.
> 
>> On 28 Jun 2019, at 16:30, Gerald Kogler <geraldo at servus.at
>> <mailto:geraldo at servus.at>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi ppl,
>>
>> Layer metadata currently is saved either as a .qmd file on disk or as a
>> record in the users personal "qgis.qmldb" (tbl_metadata).
>>
>> We now have the problem that metadata gets lost when using a Postgis
>> layer by a different user/user profile. So we miss the option to save
>> the metadata together with the layer.
>>
>> I imagine a solution similar to styles, where you choose between Local
>> Database or Datasource Database when "Save as Default".
>>
>> So in Postgres we would need a additional table "public.layer_metadata"
>> with column "metadata" to save the URI (text) and column "qmd" to save
>> the XML.
>>
>> Any thoughts on that, would that make sense?
> 
> Yes you are right and saving to PostgreSQL is on our roadmap. I plan to
> start a crowdfunding campaign later this month to try to gather enough
> funds to complete the next round of metadata support in QGIS.
> 
> You can read more history on our work here:
> 
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/91
> 
> Our roadmap for the future is mostly encapsulated here - though it could
> probably use some freshening up.
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1twE8J345Sz1rk1z34672eqlEiL2mJT4bZbuF5oRTCoM/edit?usp=sharing
> 
> 
> If you find any prospective funders, please point them in my direction
> and I will try to aggregate them together to get enough money to fund
> the next round.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> thanks
>> Gerald
>>
>>
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