Definition of an open, generic data format for knitting patterns about 2018.fossasia.org HOT 5 CLOSED

I think we can store metadata using a file containing a JSON with the keys and values of the knitting metadata. I will draft a demo and post it here.

Using relative URI allow us for the using of remote patterns from URIs, local data, and bundled files.

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As long as the metadata format is kept simple, so you do not need a dedicated program/editor to generate such a file, I am completely fine with JSON. Also, I like the idea of URI handling.
Anyway, it should be kept so simple to be able to do manual modifications using an editor.

Of course, in a second step we could think about an editor to generate the metadata file, but this might be better done in a dedicated discussion about a pattern editor.

What we will need in any way would be some piece of code to syntax-check/verify a metadata file (probably also against a pattern file).

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Found about http://json-schema.org/ we can use small code blocks to validate against a schema file. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jsonschema http://www.alexconrad.org/2011/10/json-validation.html

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@tian2992 very nice, that's exactly what I thought of! 👍

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@chris007de thanks!, I left some comments on the PR fossasia/knitpat#1
@andibraeu can you take a look too please?

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