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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>G’day Bruce</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve added my responses in line</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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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> Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:18
AM<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> RE: [Aust-NZ] GeoNetwork
Annual Workshop [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
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><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>IMO:</span></font> <br>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Hello
John,</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Its
great to hear from you. Thanks for the input.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
Comments inline below...<br>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><John.Weaver@ga.gov.au>
wrote on 16/07/2008 05:18:55 PM:</span></font></tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> G’day Bruce and Others....,</font></tt></span></font>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I felt
it appropriate to provide some details of metadata activities</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> in general and GeoNetwork specifically from
an OSDM perspective.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> OSDM
has been working with Software Improvements, a Canberra based </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> company who have been developing a version of
the Australian Spatial</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Data Directory (ASDD) using GeoNetwork.
This is part of a pilot </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> project we are supporting for ANZLIC.
While there is a little way </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> to go before GeoNetwork is at a stage where
it can provide an </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> improved capability and be more user
friendly, progress is being </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> made. Software Improvements have had
some contact with Simon Pigot </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> in relation to this development effort.</font></tt></span></font>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From an
ANZLIC perspective, the recent Council meeting closed the </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> ANZLIC metadata project and established an
on-going ANZLIC discovery</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> and access program. OSDM has a role as
lead agency in this program </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> and is working with a Steering Group
consisting of </font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Queensland</span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Victoria</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Western Australia</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>New Zealand</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> and the ANZLIC
Office.</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> In
simple terms we are approaching this program on a number of </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> fronts. The first is to provide a
simple ANZLIC compliant metadata </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> entry tool and a metadata for dummies guide.
</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Excellent!</span></font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Can you shed
some more light on this please?</span></font></tt> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>(I'm assuming that there will be a roadmap allowing this to be migrated
to GeoNetwork in time.)</span></font></tt></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes to you’re question below. The next
para is all about the tool and we see it as a supplement to the GeoNetwork tools.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s main advantages are</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s
free to download </span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.defence.gov.au/im/business/spatial/met/main.htm"><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.defence.gov.au/im/business/spatial/met/main.htm</span></font></a>
is the DSG version</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s
wizard based and so</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>it’s
something that anyone can use, down to a community group or school student capturing
data on a local catchment or project, with no training and</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>it produces
validated XML as well as a plain English version of the metadata</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We don’t see a migration path as such,
rather we are continuing parallel development of the GeoNetwork tool set because
it is required for an enterprise level implementation of a metadata collection,
management, discovery tool</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The GeoNetwork ASDD implementation is the third
tier of the structure and OSDM is pursuing this development along with the first
two above.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The three tiers are different but interdependent.
Without a working GeoNetwork Spatial Data Directory node or something similar there’s
nowhere to publish the records collected using the simple tool for example. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
<br>
</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
An existing </span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> application developed for a non-spatial area
of Defence is being </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> investigated by the ANZLC Steering Committee.
This wizard based </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> tool is ISO19115 compliant and can provide
XML outputs of the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Defence metadata profile. It is not a
management or query tool. </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> However, we believe that we can have an
ANZLIC compliant version of </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> this in 2-3 months. It will be freely
available for anyone to </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> download from the OSDM web site, install and
use.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Is this the
MET tool above?</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> The
second front is GeoNetwork and development of this capability. </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> OSDM is working with NCRIS and Rob Woodcock
in relation to the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Spatial Information Services Stack (SISS), a
component of which will</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> consist of GeoNetwork development to meet
identified user needs. </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Our initial thoughts on this relate to ease
of use and ease of </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> modification (due to limited documentation)
and also the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> significance of having an effective and usable
ASDD. At this stage </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> GeoNetwork it is not considered suitable to
provide to agencies to </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> meet their enterprise metadata management
needs, since the learning </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> curve is too steep. I am hoping that
the SISS activity will reduce </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> this burden.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>With
appropriate structure and resourcing, we should be able to turn this situation
around. </span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>While Rob's
team will be able to provide a great initial capability, I'm concerned</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>that other
organisations will sit on their hands and expect others (or the mythical</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Open Source
Fairy!) to do the work. I sorry for being blunt, but this needs to be said.</span></font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We need to
get a structure in place that allows us to work with the GeoNetwork Open Source</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Community.
We don't have to do all of this work ourselves. There is a world community out</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>there who
want the same capabilities that we do. Taking a quick snapshot of current
activities:</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- NZ Dept of
Defence is looking at integrating some work that will allow for</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
(limited) automtic harvesting of metadata records from existing spatial</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> data
sets.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- The
European Space Agency is currently funding development of ebRIM functionality</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
within GeoNetwork.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If we were
to start a structured process to address the issues that you have identified</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and also
that Jeroen and the GeoNetwork Developers identified at Bolsena, I think that
we'll </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>start seeing
a number of organisations from around the world starting to help to fix the</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>underlying
problems and quickly get the project on track.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For the
Australian specific work, we should not just sit back and expect CSIRO to do
all </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of the work.
We as Managers, Developers, Architects etc should start looking at our budgets </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and projects
(if we haven't already) to see what we can do. This is fundamental SDI</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>capability
that we all just have to have.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If we all
just invest a little, we'll be surprised by how much comes back.</span></font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Now having
said that, just how different is the Australian Profile from ISO 19115 19139?</span></font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>I agree with you on this.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>OSDM and ANZLIC have committed money and resources
to progressing the GeoNetwork implementation in </span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>Australia</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>I can’t answer the question about ‘</span></font><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>different is the
Australian Profile from ISO 19115 19139’ </span></font></tt><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>but I agree that if we all invest a little we
can achieve a lot – as long as we don’t all spend our resources doing
the same “little bit’.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 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'>>
</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Further
we see GeoNetwork operating at two slightly different </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> levels. The first is the ASDD level and
the second is at the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> enterprise or agency level – two
slightly different functions.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> The
challenge is trying to coordinate and prioritise these </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> development needs and also work with the open
source community and </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> other GeoNetwork developers to reduce
duplication of effort. OSDM </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> has held a couple of ‘GeoNetwork’
meetings with the broader </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> community and would like to continue to play
a role in coordination </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> of this activity, assuming the broader
community agreed with this.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From a
simplistic view point what I feel is required is a set of </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> development requirements to be established to
meet both short and </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> longer term needs covering for ANZLIC, SISS
and other users needs </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> and a mechanism to effectively coordinate the
implementation of </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> these requirements by the relevant
stakeholders together with a </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> mechanism to link this to the FAO efforts.</font></tt></span></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The problem
is in assessing the requirements. Putting on my Architect's hat and</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>looking at
the list of requirements from last September's workshop, I'd cull a number</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of the
requirements from GeoNetwork development. I don't believe they belong in</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the product.</span></font></tt>
</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>I’d like to know, for instance,
what each of the teams actively working on GeoNetwork are actually doing right
now and what their forward program includes. I’m not technically literate
enough to want to see detailed specification – headline titles will do me
– but it will give us all an idea of those areas of potential collaboration
and or duplication.</span></font><br>
<br>
</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>However,
from an Australian / ANZLIC / SISS perspective we need to agree on the </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>evaluation
criteria.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This is also
where having a member of the GeoNetwork Project Steering Committee helping</span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>us to make
the cull makes sense.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We can
decide to push forward with feature X, but the GeoNetwork PSC may not want it
in</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the product.</span></font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We also need
to work closely with the PSC when trying to work out strategic future </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>directions?
If we don't, we're wasting everyone's time.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Couldn’t agree more</span></font><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> OSDM is
willing to play a community liaison role to help coordinate </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> these requirements and provide an interface
to the developers, </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> especially SISS.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> As a
starting point OSDM would like to capture a list of user needs </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> and development requirements. If you
see the value in this, perhaps</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> you can start to either document your
needs/requirements or send us </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> any requirements or specification that you
already have. OSDM can </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> collate these to ‘discover’ any
overlap or duplication. </font></tt></span></font><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> The
results of this ‘collation’ of requirements can them be fed back</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> to the developer and user communities with a
view to maximising the </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> benefit for all.</font></tt></span></font> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>OSDM has
been doing a good job of coordinating the various Government parties to date. </span></font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
GeoNetwork workshop that I attended last September was most useful and was a
credit </span></font></tt><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to Ben and
Jenny for organising.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I'll follow
up on some specific suggestions off line.</span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> If all
this comes together it might be a good starting point for the</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Annual Workshop as discussed below.</font></tt></span></font>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I look
forward to your comments on this. </span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> John
Weaver</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Manager, Office of Spatial Data Management</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
Geoscience Australia</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Post:
GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Ph 6249
9590</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Email:
john.weaver@osdm.gov.au</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Web:
www.osdm.gov.au</span></font></tt> <br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>
-----Original Message-----</span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> From: </font></tt></span></font><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
[mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.</span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> osgeo.org] On Behalf Of </font></tt></span></font><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bruce.Bannerman@dpi.vic.gov.au</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 4:58 PM</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> To: </font></tt></span></font><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Subject: [Aust-NZ] GeoNetwork Annual Workshop
</font></tt></span></font><br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> IMO: </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Ben, </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Perhaps, once we have an idea where we are
going with GeoNetwork and</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> the ANZLIC Profile we could look at hosting
the GeoNetwork Annual </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Workshop in Australia? </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Bruce </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> </font></tt><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><br>
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