[Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.

[Tom Kralidis]

> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:39:45 -0800
> From: tech_dev at wildintellect.com
> To: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.
> 
> On 01/29/2012 02:34 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:11:33 -0800
> >> From: hamish_b at yahoo.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.
> >> To: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com; cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> >> CC: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
> >>
> >> Last April Cameron wrote:
> >>> My initial feeling is that it would be great to
> >>> include pywcs in a future release of OSGeo-Live,
> >>
> >> (for the record we did ship it with the 5.0 release,
> >> just didn't list it on the contents page.)
> >>
> >>> but as pywcs is still only at a 0.1 release,
> >>
> >> version numbers are meaningless. ignore and forget
> >> them and judge the app on the app instead.
> >>
> > 
> > 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?
> > 
> >>> without wide uptake yet,
> >>
> >> for FOSS that metric is rather impossible to know,
> >> but anyway if it is good, hence a great reason to
> >> include it on the disc- to get it wide exposure!
> >> chickens and eggs...
> >>
> > 
> > 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).
> > 
> >>> it is premature to include pywcs into the next
> >>> OSGeo-Live release.
> >>
> >> If it's buggy or incomplete that's one thing. If
> >> it is just unknown that's a very different matter,
> >> and something we can help with.
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 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).
> > 
> >> I suggest to review and improve the overview and
> >> quickstart reST pages, then make the final call on
> >> whether to keep it listed on the contents page once
> >> we get feedback from our beta testers. (a great
> >> incentive to make the overview page clear about
> >> what the user should expect, and to make the
> >> quickstart clear about how to go about doing it)
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > We would be glad to update these pages as appropriate.  Thanks!
> > 
> > ..Tom
> > 
> 
> I would love to see an example CSW on the disc using the included
> datasets. The quickstart could include browsing using the CSW plugin in
> QGIS. I realize that might take some more work, but would be interested
> if not for this version trying to achieve that on version 6 in the Fall.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 

Are there any sample metadata on livedvd?  By default, pycsw always ships with the OGC CITE test metadata.

..Tom

 		 	   		  
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