<div>Exactly as you describe, I'm going to give GeoNetwork a try for this. I'm sure I'll be over on the GN list once I get going. I'm actually running an old version of GN for another application that hasn't needed CSW or interaction with W*S services. Thanks. </div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM, heikki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tropicano@gmail.com">tropicano@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
dear John,<div><br></div><div>GeoNetwork can do exactly that : it can generate metadata about a W*S service and its layers. Just configure it with the correct URL etc. to "harvest" and your metadata gets generated, with thumbnail previews if you like.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anything against using GeoNetwork for this ? You can just use it to create your metadata in this way and have it served as a CSW server. Nobody requires you to use the metadata editor, etc -- those parts will just sit there and when left alone have no impact on how heavy the application runs.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Maybe you should cross-post to the GeoNetwork list if you have more questions about this ?</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Heikki Doeleman</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:33 PM, John Callahan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.callahan@udel.edu" target="_blank">john.callahan@udel.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Bob. I do know of GeoMoose and like what it can do. However, in this case I'm not looking for a map-based interface but rather a catalog of my existing services. Something that can read the GetCap information for each service and make that available to a CSW client and/or through a web interface listing.<div>
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<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Bob Basques <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Bob.Basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us" target="_blank">Bob.Basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I have about 15 or so OGC services running with MapServer, mostly WMS but a few WFS and hopefully some WCS in the future. I'd like to have an easy way for users to browse through my services. Of course, I can manually create a web page listing my services but there should be something better. A CSW catalog would be nice as traditional desktop GIS users can easily browse/search and add my services directly to their GIS. It'd also be great if my services could be harvested by other catalogs. </p>
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Does anyone know of a way to run a CSW-compliant app by simply adding existing etCapability URLs? I know about GeoNetwork but it doesn't seem like I need the full GUI or multi-user editor as it's only me (plus I'd rather not have to manually create/maintain records for each service as I think I'd have to with GN.) Does anyone know if MapServer can perform like a CSW, perhaps by pointing to local map files? </p>
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