[OSGeo-Standards] OGC XML schemas and FOSS4G software distribution

[Tom Kralidis]

Hi all: great blogpost by Jody at
http://www.how2map.com/2015/02/a-good-test-for-ogc-and-osgeo.html,
inspired by IRC discussion around pycsw OSGeo Incubation.

In a nutshell, pycsw inclusion in DebianGIS had issues given the fact
that we have the OGC Schemas baked in the codebase as part of the
install.

In the pycsw case we use the schemas in realtime when validating
requests.  This is a huge benefit because we let (in this case
lxml->libxml2) do the validation instead of implementing this
ourselves.

At the same time, getting onto DebianGIS is of value for packaging and
distribution.

How do other packages deal with this?  Are there options for bundling
the OGC schemas outside of the codebase?  Is there opportunity to
clarify the ambiguities?

..Tom