Automate data repo creation

[edwardchalstrey1]

Creating a data repository when adding images to scivision is a fiddly step that image providers are likely to want to avoid. Currently there are these instructions that explain to create a GitHub repo with an intake catalog (config file) called .scivision/data.yml - but this also glosses over the part where you also have to host the data at appropriate url that can be included in the intake catalog - typically we are using Zenodo for this. Getting the urlpath right in the config is a particular hassle.

Can we automate this via the scivision UI? Can we give the following options:

• An upload button for images, or a compressed folder of images
• A field for the link to a pre-existing url (e.g. Zenodo)

It would need to automate the:

• Intake catalog creation (or future scivision data config file if we move away from intake)
• Creation of a GH repo or similar that contains the config file (e.g. at .scivision/data.yml)

Maybe there's some sensible alternative such as a default location where scivision datasets and configs get stored.

TODO:

• Check if it's possible to have the intake config in Zenodo instead of GitHub

[ots22]

#64 #445

[ots22]

Closing, since preferable to address as part of #480 (linked the discussion from there)