Grist spreadsheet metadata (column name) definitions/descriptions

[DeeptiN1]

Issue
Github issue: #798 (comment)

Discussed solution
As per #798 (comment), to start with, created a Markdown table with the Grist spreadsheet metadata descriptions/definitions to help the user to understand the source of the provided values.

References
Grist spreadsheet: https://docs.getgrist.com/doc/gSscJkc5Rb1Rw45gh1o1Yc
Script: https://github.com/protontypes/open-sustainable-technology/blob/main/.github/workflows/ecosystems_to_grist.py
Backend source: https://github.com/ecosyste-ms/ost

Screenshot

Notes
Some questions that came up while I was writing the definitions:

• For the "Organizations" sheet, should column "organization_projects" be renamed as "organization_project_urls" since the values are URLs for repositories on platforms like GitHub?

• Similarly, for the "Funding" sheet, should column "website" be renamed as "repository_url" since the values are URLs for repositories on platforms like GitHub?

Reviewers
@Ly0n please could you review?

[Ly0n]

Thanks @DeeptiN1. You made an fantastic contribution that is very helpful. I have made some minor improvements to make the description even more accurate.

@andrew We should rename "funding links" to donation links. Many people might think that the links we collect are about the ‘source’ of funding such as grants, etc. We have discussed doing this in the future, but to avoid any confusion with the donation links, let's find a better wording here to differentiate them.

[Ly0n]

@DeeptiN1

For the "Organizations" sheet, should column "organization_projects" be renamed as "organization_project_urls" since the values are URLs for repositories on platforms like GitHub?

Similarly, for the "Funding" sheet, should column "website" be renamed as "repository_url" since the values are URLs for repositories on platforms like GitHub?

Yes we should do that! This makes things much clearer.

[Ly0n]

Thanks @DeeptiN1. I'll link to the document on the front page in another PR. We have a small "Signal" group for OpenSustain.tech contributors where we share ideas, projects and discuss next steps for the project. We also have a community video call every 4 weeks. As we have just received a donation of $10000, we will use this money to produce a scientific publication and analysis based on the metadata of the organisations and projects. You are very welcome to join us in this endeavour. Just send me an email to [email protected] and I will send you an invite :).