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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>G’day Bruce and Others....,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I felt it appropriate to provide some
details of metadata activities in general and GeoNetwork specifically from an
OSDM perspective.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>OSDM has been working with Software
Improvements, a </span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Canberra</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'> based company who have been developing a version of the Australian
Spatial Data Directory (ASDD) using GeoNetwork. This is part of a pilot
project we are supporting for ANZLIC. While there is a little way to go
before GeoNetwork is at a stage where it can provide an improved capability and
be more user friendly, progress is being made. Software Improvements have had
some contact with Simon Pigot in relation to this development effort.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>From an ANZLIC perspective, the recent
Council meeting closed the ANZLIC metadata project and established an on-going
ANZLIC discovery and access program. OSDM has a role as lead agency in this
program and is working with a Steering Group consisting of </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Queensland</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>, </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Victoria</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>, </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>Western Australia</span></font><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>, </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>New Zealand</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> and the ANZLIC Office.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>In simple terms we are approaching this
program on a number of fronts. The first is to provide a simple ANZLIC
compliant metadata entry tool and a metadata for dummies guide. An existing
application developed for a non-spatial area of Defence is being investigated
by the ANZLC Steering Committee. This wizard based tool is ISO19115 compliant
and can provide XML outputs of the Defence metadata profile. It is not a
management or query tool. However, we believe that we can have an ANZLIC
compliant version of this in 2-3 months. It will be freely available for
anyone to download from the OSDM web site, install and use.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The second front is GeoNetwork and
development of this capability. OSDM is working with NCRIS and Rob Woodcock in
relation to the Spatial Information Services Stack (SISS), a component of which
will consist of GeoNetwork development to meet identified user needs. Our
initial thoughts on this relate to ease of use and ease of modification (due to
limited documentation) and also the significance of having an effective and
usable ASDD. At this stage GeoNetwork it is not considered suitable to provide
to agencies to meet their enterprise metadata management needs, since the
learning curve is too steep. I am hoping that the SISS activity will reduce
this burden.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Further we see GeoNetwork operating at two
slightly different levels. The first is the ASDD level and the second is at
the enterprise or agency level – two slightly different functions.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The challenge is trying to coordinate and
prioritise these development needs and also work with the open source community
and other GeoNetwork developers to reduce duplication of effort. OSDM has held
a couple of ‘GeoNetwork’ meetings with the broader community and
would like to continue to play a role in coordination of this activity,
assuming the broader community agreed with this.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>From a simplistic view point what I feel
is required is a set of development requirements to be established to meet both
short and longer term needs covering for ANZLIC, SISS and other users needs and
a mechanism to effectively coordinate the implementation of these requirements
by the relevant stakeholders together with a mechanism to link this to the FAO
efforts.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>OSDM is willing to play a community
liaison role to help coordinate these requirements and provide an interface to
the developers, especially SISS.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>As a starting point OSDM would like to
capture a list of user needs and development requirements. If you see the
value in this, perhaps you can start to either document your needs/requirements
or send us any requirements or specification that you already have. OSDM can
collate these to ‘discover’ any overlap or duplication. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>The results of this
‘collation’ of requirements can them be fed back to the developer
and user communities with a view to maximising the benefit for all.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>If all this comes together it might be a good
starting point for the Annual Workshop as discussed below.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I look forward to your comments on this. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bruce.Bannerman@dpi.vic.gov.au<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 16 July 2008 4:58
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Aust-NZ] GeoNetwork
Annual Workshop </span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>IMO:</span></font></tt>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ben,</span></font></tt>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Perhaps,
once we have an idea where we are going with GeoNetwork and the ANZLIC Profile
we could look at hosting the GeoNetwork Annual Workshop in Australia?</span></font></tt>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bruce</span></font></tt>
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<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > <fron Jeroen></font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > An annual workshop has been held every
year, and such an event is the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > place to discuss f2f the strategy for
the coming years. Simon Pigot </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > and Kate Roberts attended that last
year. For this year I am still not </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > sure how to organize it. I have to get
some organization behind the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > project to sponsor the event. Maybe FAO
will do this, maybe there are </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > others.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > On getting your priorities well covered
in the project, I think that </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > there are no big issues. The project needs
to take some steps to allow </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > for (a) plugable application profiles
(b) plugable translation </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > packages (not to much of an issue for
you :-) ) and (c) plugable skins/ </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > themes. All of these have been discussed
and are in the process of </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > taking shape in a proposal. Some of the
work is funded, some is </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > underfunded and some is not funded at
all.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > </font></tt></span></font></p>
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