Re: upstream/metadata with references to software catalogs?

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hi Andreas,


On 22/06/16 13:03, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Steffen Möller wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Matúš and I are having a mini-sprint together - directly at the baltic
>> sea - to get the integration of Debian packages and their annotation
>> with the bio.tools registry a bit of a push. One issue that just came up
>> was that the accession number/ID of the uploaded entry should be stored
>> somewhere.
> Could you please explain what an "accession number/ID" is?
We started out with directly "clickable" URLs.
>> We thought that debian/upstream/metadata would be a good home
>> for this information. That entry would not only be for decorative
>> purposes but basically help to update entries when our debian/control or
>> debian/upstream/{edam,metadata} files have changed. Would anyone mind?
>> Andreas, Charles?
> debian/upstream/metadata is quite flexible regarding adding new values.
> It should be proposed in the Wiki and after some discussion it usually
> will be integrated. 
Yes, this would be nice, indeed, and very helpful to get triggers for an
auto-update in place.

Steffen