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KYE Protocol™ CKAN Connector™

Govern CKAN datasets, resources, harvests, metadata changes and publication workflows with KYE Protocol™ authority, purpose, evidence and replay. V1 read-only + advisory; V2 write-back; V3 ckanext-kye plugin.

What the V1 connector does

  • Portal inventory — organisations / datasets / resources / harvests / DataStore tables / users — all mapped into KYE Protocol™ entities.
  • Authority gap detection — when a publish / update / delete action has no documented authority chain, KYE Protocol™ flags it.
  • Evidence Pack™ emission — every governed action produces a signed kye.evidence.pack.v1 entry.
  • Publication receipts — embeddable evidence badges that CKAN portals can show on dataset pages (the public sees the authority + evidence behind every publication).

V1 is read-only. No write-back, no enforcement, no package_update interception. Trust accrues from observation; V2 adds governed write-back. V3 ships ckanext-kye for in-CKAN UI integration.

The seven canonical CKAN schemas

Every CKAN object KYE Protocol™ governs lives under one of seven canonical schemas:

  • kye.connector.ckan.v1 — connector profile contract
  • kye.ckan_connection.v1 — one connection per (tenant, portal) pair
  • kye.ckan_portal.v1 — portal metadata + risk tier + jurisdictions
  • kye.ckan_dataset_binding.v1 — CKAN dataset ↔ KYE Protocol™ dataset entity
  • kye.ckan_resource_binding.v1 — resource binding + data classification
  • kye.ckan_harvest_source.v1 — trust + authority + schedule per harvest
  • kye.ckan_action_event.v1 — every CKAN Action API call with KYE Protocol™ authority + decision + evidence ref
  • kye.ckan_consultant_profile.v1 — CKAN specialist marketplace listing

Get started

The CKAN connector is available as part of the KYE Protocol™ CKAN Connector™ SKU (£25k/yr add-on) or via the KYE Open Data Portal Audit Pilot™ (4-week pilot, £35k). Both ship with the canonical demo seed pack so you can see the connector at work against a representative public-sector CKAN portal before binding it to yours.

Apply for a CKAN Audit Pilot →

See the Open Data & Data Portals solution →

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Positioning

KYE Protocol™ does not replace CKAN. It does not fork CKAN. It does not certify CKAN itself. KYE Protocol™ integrates with CKAN to add authority, evidence, consultant support and AI-era governance around data-portal operations.