[QGIS-Developer] Save layer metadata to global datasource

[Tim Sutton]

Great, will do thanks Gerald.

Regards

Tim

On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, 22:35 Gerald Kogler, <geraldo at servus.at> wrote:

> 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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