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<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:39:45 -0800<br>> From: tech_dev@wildintellect.com<br>> To: live-demo@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.<br>> <br>> On 01/29/2012 02:34 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> >> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:11:33 -0800<br>> >> From: hamish_b@yahoo.com<br>> >> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.<br>> >> To: gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com; cameron.shorter@gmail.com<br>> >> CC: live-demo@lists.osgeo.org<br>> >><br>> >> Last April Cameron wrote:<br>> >>> My initial feeling is that it would be great to<br>> >>> include pywcs in a future release of OSGeo-Live,<br>> >><br>> >> (for the record we did ship it with the 5.0 release,<br>> >> just didn't list it on the contents page.)<br>> >><br>> >>> but as pywcs is still only at a 0.1 release,<br>> >><br>> >> version numbers are meaningless. ignore and forget<br>> >> them and judge the app on the app instead.<br>> >><br>> > <br>> > FYI pycsw is at 1.0.0 (which is what looks like is included with 5.0), with 1.2.0 scheduled for April 2012. What's the timeline for the next livedvd release?<br>> > <br>> >>> without wide uptake yet,<br>> >><br>> >> for FOSS that metric is rather impossible to know,<br>> >> but anyway if it is good, hence a great reason to<br>> >> include it on the disc- to get it wide exposure!<br>> >> chickens and eggs...<br>> >><br>> > <br>> > Agreed, we do know pycsw is being tested/prototyped in various environments, and that exposure on the livedvd would be beneficial for those looking for a Python CSW (many CSWs are Java-based).<br>> > <br>> >>> it is premature to include pywcs into the next<br>> >>> OSGeo-Live release.<br>> >><br>> >> If it's buggy or incomplete that's one thing. If<br>> >> it is just unknown that's a very different matter,<br>> >> and something we can help with.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> > <br>> > pycsw makes a point of passing OGC CITE and it's own testing framework as enhancements/fixes are commited. We feel is complete enough for a user to stand up an operational CSW catalogue (with transactions if desired as well).<br>> > <br>> >> I suggest to review and improve the overview and<br>> >> quickstart reST pages, then make the final call on<br>> >> whether to keep it listed on the contents page once<br>> >> we get feedback from our beta testers. (a great<br>> >> incentive to make the overview page clear about<br>> >> what the user should expect, and to make the<br>> >> quickstart clear about how to go about doing it)<br>> >><br>> >><br>> > <br>> > We would be glad to update these pages as appropriate. Thanks!<br>> > <br>> > ..Tom<br>> > <br>> <br>> I would love to see an example CSW on the disc using the included<br>> datasets. The quickstart could include browsing using the CSW plugin in<br>> QGIS. I realize that might take some more work, but would be interested<br>> if not for this version trying to achieve that on version 6 in the Fall.<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Alex<br>> <br><br>Are there any sample metadata on livedvd? By default, pycsw always ships with the OGC CITE test metadata.<br><br>..Tom<br><br></div> </div></body>
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