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July 27, 2012 10:36

The export function is an important tool for checking the coherence of the database. Are brands, manufacturers, titles, countries, numbering, ... entered in a homogeneous and coherent manner so that it is easier to find labels and to determine which labels form series, series and to obtain additional information about your own labels ... It is impossible to ensure coherence on-line label by label.

However, the export function appears not to have been set up with this intention at all, since I only get information that is unimportant to me (label condition, price, ..) and not the info mentioned above.

Can all fields of the match database be included in the export so that this export can be used for multiple purposes. can be used. For me this is an urgent improvement to the exploitation of the database. A minimal selection can be used to avoid downloading all labels every time

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July 27, 2012 17:48

Take a look down in excel and go to page 2 there. There is the information you are looking for.

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July 27, 2012 18:23

Thank you for your response. The export yields the following fields (tab 3): ref no, series, series, condition, catalog value (2x), number, location, notes; on tab 2: a grouped list with fields: condition, catalog value, quantity, location notes and on tab 1 some price indications.

I cannot find any information about title, brand, manufacturer, country, place, dimensions, details , etc .... These are nevertheless the fields that need urgent quality control.

Or did I miss something else.

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July 27, 2012 19:08

Dear Jan49,

the export function was initially created for collectors to provide their collection with extra information that cannot be lost on the site. At least that's what I do with the exports made. To view my collection offline I have a beautiful app from CataWiki on my mobile phone. The only thing I saw being exported was my search list. This is because I can't handle the search list on my phone very well.

If you have a wish about fields to be exported, you can vote on the Suggestions, There have already been some suggestions in that direction , so go and look for it before doing 1 yourself and vote for it. It really works in the end! Recently a suggestion of mine has been implemented and I can finally cast votes again! (Yeah! :))

For me this is an urgent improvement to the exploitation of the database

It is not the intention and I think it is punishable to use the data from the CataWiki catalog for purposes other than private purposes. People voluntarily add their information to the CataWiki Catalog and use it to fill the CataWiki database. This is free to consult, but exploiting it seems to me to be misuse of the data. Or did you pay CataWiki for this data?

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I remember that the export is intended to add off-line (not in Catawiki) personal documentation. That's an interesting functionality, but unfortunately not the one I'm looking for. I would like a complete export of the database and of "My collection", possibly with some selection criteria to avoid the volumes to be exported becoming too large. And this for the reasons previously reported. Moreover, I don't really see how this would go against the privacy aspect. After all, it concerns the objective description of match labels and all personal information is done in the excell off-line. If a collector would list personal elements in the Catawiki database, he will make them unusable for other users as it is personal.

Further in the suggestions I don't really find what I'm looking for, except for the suggestion for the addition of some data field, where basically all important fields are missing. I will add my suggestions.

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July 29, 2012 12:37

Dear Jan49,

it will never be possible to export the entire catalog and if that is a wish, it will never be executed.

After all, this catalog has been built to use online and to be constantly adapted / supplemented by collectors. Furthermore, I also refer to article 5.8 of the Terms of Use:

Unless expressly permitted under mandatory law or under these Terms of Use, or upon request or with permission. from Catawiki, you are not permitted (i) to copy, make available, sublicense or otherwise commercialize the Service, the Website, User Material that does not originate from you and / or Information, (ii) to change, translate or otherwise edit the Service, the Website, User Material that does not originate from you and / or Information within the meaning of Article 13 of the Copyright Act, or (iii) the Service, the Website and / or decompile or reverse engineer the source or object code (s) thereof.
What I mean by the privacy aspect is that many people have good faith in their information (new items or additions to items) here in the CataWiki Post catalog. They do this because then everyone can use it and benefit from the information. This applies to all items, but in my opinion it is not the intention that all items are consulted at once and that is what you do if you export the entire Catalog. What in my opinion is the only solution for you and that is not the solution you want, but a kind of detour to realize it, is to select all items and add them to your collection and then export them. Then you can filter at home to your heart's content to get the right information. That, I think, is not really fair, but it is possible. I wish you the best of luck with that!
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