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John,</font>
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</font><font size=2><tt>> I agree that if we all invest a <br>
> little we can achieve a lot – as long as we don’t all spend our
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> resources doing the same “little bit’.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>This is ideally where the co-ordination comes in...
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> I’d like to know, for instance, what each of the teams actively <br>
> working on GeoNetwork are actually doing right now and what their
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> forward program includes. I’m not technically literate enough to
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> want to see detailed specification – headline titles will do me –
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> but it will give us all an idea of those areas of potential <br>
> collaboration and or duplication.<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I'll start with our current plans. </tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>We intend implementing a Production instance of GeoNetwork
based on Simon's work.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>I believe that the product is stable enough to cater
for catalogue functionality</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>and we need to get our hands dirty and start learning:</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>- GeoNetwork</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>- ANZLIC PROFILE of ISO 19115, 19139 </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>- OGC CSW 2.0.1</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>- ISO 19119</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>- + whatever else is needed to support OWS.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>We intend importing our existing ANZLIC v2 metadata
via SII's Metashare export tool.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>This tool will produce a set of XML records in what
I have been advised will be the </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>correct format for GeoNetwork to import.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>We also have a portal and integration project that
will be required to search GeoNetwork as 'a' </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>source of metadata for external parties to find our
data. </tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>All of this should be in production by June next year.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Once we get more experience in this area, we may start
contributing more resources to </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>related Open Source projects.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Bruce</tt></font>
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