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title: "KYE Protocol™ — KYE™ CKAN Connector™"
description: "Govern CKAN datasets, resources, harvests, metadata changes and publication workflows with KYE Protocol™ authority, purpose, evidence and replay"
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/connectors/ckan/
lang: en
source: "KYE Protocol"
---

KYE Protocol™ · architecture

# 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 →](https://kyeprotocol.com/pilot-apply/)

[See the Open Data & Data Portals solution →](https://kyeprotocol.com/solutions/open-data-portals/)

[Find CKAN consultants →](https://kyeprotocol.com/consultants/ckan/)

## 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.**

Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [Audit Pilot](https://kyeprotocol.com/auditors/) · [Evidence Pack™](https://kyeprotocol.com/evidence-pack/) · [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/).