[Incubator] adding pygeometa as a Community project

[Angelos Tzotsos]

I have created a template here:
https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/11#issue-2911


On 1/27/26 17:02, Regina Obe via Incubator wrote:
> I created a placeholder for the issue template just to confirm it works:
>
> https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/src/branch/main/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
>
> I think we should be able to fill in any mark down in there like checkoff lists.
> So this gets used as a template for new issues.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 9:18 AM
>> To: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
>> Cc: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>; OSGeo-incubator
>> <incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Incubator] adding pygeometa as a Community project
>>
>> Done: https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/1
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> ..Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
>>> How about projects-support for a name instead because otherwise it just
>> sounds like a folder where people host their projects.
>>> I think all of us can create that under osgeo.  So if you want to get the ball
>> rolling Tom and we can start with pygeometa and see what kind of issue
>> template we want to create.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 7:47 AM
>>>> To: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
>>>> Cc: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>; OSGeo-incubator
>>>> <incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Incubator] adding pygeometa as a Community project
>>>>
>>>> +1 for gitea.  Can someone point me to the related repo/issue
>>>> +tracker
>>>> on gitea once it's setup?  Perhaps we can have "osgeo/projects" on
>>>> gitea (in line with committee renaming)?
>>>>
>>>> ..Tom
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
>>>>> Should be github or OSGeo gitea
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Incubator <incubator-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of
>>>>> Jody Garnett via Incubator
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:15 AM
>>>>> To: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com>
>>>>> Cc: OSGeo-incubator <incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Incubator] adding pygeometa as a Community project
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The committee had a brainstorm on how to increase participation.
>>>>> We are
>>>> thinking of using an issue tracker to make collecting the needed
>>>> information a bit easier.  While it general only takes 10-15 mins to
>>>> review, it can be a bit of trouble to hunt down everything initially - so a
>> form can help.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We welcome feedback on the idea, do you have a preference for
>>>>> GitHub or
>>>> OSGeo gitlab?
>>>>> - -
>>>>>
>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 26, 2026 at 7:47:41 PM, Tom Kralidis via Incubator
>>>> <incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all: pygeometa is a longstanding geospatial metadata library to
>>>>> manage geospatial metadata.  Written in Python, it can be used
>>>>> standalone, embedded within a Python application, or deployed as
>>>>> an OGC API - Process using pygeoapi [2].
>>>>>
>>>>> I've created a page on the OSGeo website in [3], and would welcome
>>>>> feedback and next steps on recognition as a Community Project (at
>>>>> which point we'll happily add OSGeo community project badges to
>>>>> our website).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> ..Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://geopython.github.io/pygeometa
>>>>> [2] https://geopython.github.io/pygeometa/pygeoapi-plugin
>>>>> [3] https://www.osgeo.org/projects/pygeometa
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