<br><font size=2><tt>IMO:</tt></font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Jo,<br>
<br>
> <br>
> Cameron, your call for "standards" for web-based spatial
data search <br>
> would be well-placed if there were any available that had proven their<br>
> worth, but I don't see that there is anything of proven worth yet
-<br>
> it is too early to tell which approaches are going to work.<br>
> This does *not* seem like a problem that is proving tractable to<br>
> upfront formalisation. I have *not* been able to persuade anyone to<br>
> change their approach just through discussion. The OGC recommendations
<br>
> with CSW and the ISO standards for data and service metadata haven't
<br>
> demonstrated much widespread use or technical success yet.<br>
> What's changing?<br>
> <br>
</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Have a look at: http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/tech/zap/basic.html
</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Try searching for any type of data that takes your
fancy.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>The ASDD entry page will take this search and query
a federated set of other metadata catalogues.</tt></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>This is an example of what can be done with current
standards (also the basis of those supported by CSW).</tt></font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>There used to be a similar entry page on the GSDI
web site, but I can't seem to find it this morning.</tt></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Bruce Bannerman</tt></font>
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