[OSGeo-Discuss] Desktop metadata management for FOSS4G

[Alex Mandel]

The plugin aims to allow for ISO, FGDC and Dublin Core editing and
saving to xml per the standard that CatMdEdit, ArcGIS, Geonetwork etc
all use XML. Someone did file a ticket to add Geonetwork export, I'd
welcome anyone from the Geonetwork side helping out with that.

Auto, or Triggered updating fields is definitely within the realm of
functionality and it may be possible at some point to run the plugin
independent of QGIS.

All contributions,coders, tickets, etc are welcome.
Alex

John Callahan wrote:
> Yes.  For us, this would help our work flow.  A plugin for Quantum would
> work great.  (I also just read Alex's email about qgismetaedit.  Cool!)
> 
> 
> It would be great for a desktop GIS to update some basic metadata
> elements, like updated date, coordinate system, bounding box in
> projected and geo coordinates, and maybe a couple of others. 
> Personally, I don't care about things like listing all columns/data
> types of a vector attribute table, or listing processing steps, or
> embedding an thumbnail image.  Sometimes they're nice but often just bloat.
> 
> 
> Currently, we use GeoNetwork to manually edit metadata in our public
> repository and then save it locally as an XML file to include some with
> direct downloads.  If we could reverse the process (create locally on
> desktop and save as XML, TXT, etc.., then push up to GeoNetwork), and at
> the same time have some basic fields updated automatically, that would
> help.
> 
> - John
> 
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> 
> 
> Sampson, David wrote:
>>
>> Ahh.. Metadata
>>
>> I am learning about Qgis plugins lately and thought I would extend out
>> to the OSGEO community at large. As I am going through creating some
>> plugins and learning about OWS services and trying my hand at a
>> catalogue plugin for QGIS I got to thinking, what does the open source
>> world do for managing their metadata on their desktop?
>>
>> I know and quite like projects like geo-network and our own flavour at
>> _http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/_  but I am curious as to what people use
>> for their desktop.
>>
>> Back when FGDC was the spec of choice I used MP (metadata Parser)
>> quite extensively
>> _http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/mp.html_ but with
>> the new world of ISO and the upcoming NAP (North American Profile) I
>> wonder what people are doing now.
>>
>> Would a lean desktop editor help people in their workflow. Essentialy
>> maintaining their metadata on the desktop then exporting (through
>> valid XML) to publishing facilities such as geonetwork..
>>
>> The idea is to couple data and metadata while people are working with
>> the data.
>>
>> Are people working on this? Do open source solutions already exist?
>>
>> Would a plugin for QGIS be useful? Or a desktop app that can hit many
>> softwares like GRASS, QGIS and others?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers
>>