Using Metadata.jl

[Tokazama]

Hi @piever,

I a while back I made the Metadata.jl package. Currently it implements an array type that is nearly equivalent to MetadataArray. I'd like to propose having this package depend on Metadata.jl. It's a pretty light-weight package as is and I'm hoping to get it to a point where it's a common interface in the Julia ecosystem.

Let me know what you think and I'd be happy to make the PR.

[piever]

I confess I haven't used this package a lot in the past couple of years. To be honest, if Metadata.jl implements metadata arrays, I suspect MetadataArrays.jl doesn't really have much to add (the implementation seems extremely similar).

Maybe the most useful thing is to add to the README here that Metadata.jl is a more general approach to metadata that also includes array?

[Tokazama]

I'd be happy with either approach. MetadataArrays.jl was around first so I wanted to make sure you had input going forward.

[Tokazama]

@piever, with the upcoming addition of support of metadata in DataAPI.jl (JuliaData/DataAPI.jl#48), I'm trying to break up Metadata.jl into smaller pieces. Would you be interested in moving this to JuliaArrays and we could make this more official?

[piever]

Sure! I confess I don't really have the bandwidth to maintain MetadataArrays, so I'd be happy to move this to JuliaArrays.

Let me know if / when there is consensus among the JuliaArray devs on this and I'll transfer the repo (I should have the right privileges to do that).

[Tokazama]

I'll reach out on slack

[Tokazama]

Thanks for moving this @piever! Would you prefer that I make PRs here and request you merge them or would you like me to take the lead on that going forward?

[piever]

No problem! Feel free to take the lead going forward (I really don't have the bandwidth for maintaining MetadataArrays).

[Tokazama]

Sounds good. Can you give me permissions for this repo?

[piever]

I'd like to, but unfortunately I don't think I can do that (don't see the "Settings" tab for this repo, not sure why). You may need to ask to one of the JuliaArrays owners to get the permissions.

[Tokazama]

You should have permissions to do so now.

[piever]

Sorry for the delay, I've been traveling in the past few days. You should have admin access to the repo now.

[Tokazama]

No worries.