[QGIS-Developer] Save layer metadata to global datasource

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all,
we also have interested customers, hopefully we'll be able to
contribute. I agree with the approach proposed by Gerald, which does not
seem very complicated. Perhaps an ad hoc funding for this will be
enough, without the need for a crowdfunding campaign?
Cheers.

On 23/07/19 09:28, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Great, will do thanks Gerald.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, 22:35 Gerald Kogler, <geraldo at servus.at
> <mailto: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>
>     >> <mailto: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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