[pycsw-devel] Links Question

Dan Ramage dan at inlet.geol.sc.edu
Tue Sep 23 04:34:30 PDT 2014 

Sorry, my question was not specific. Pycsw will add as a service links
contained in "<gmd:CI_OnlineResource>" tags?

Dan

On 9/22/14 5:46 PM, "Tom Kralidis" <tomkralidis at gmail.com> wrote:

>That would be gmd:protocol, example snippet (slightly modified) [1]:
>
><gmd:CI_OnlineResource uuid="842068ED7ACB3919E040AC8C5AB45DED">
>    <gmd:linkage>
>        <gmd:URL>http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/index.html</gmd:URL>
>    </gmd:linkage>
>    <gmd:protocol>
>        <gco:CharacterString
>xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco">WWW:LINK</gco:CharacterString
>>
>    </gmd:protocol>
>    <gmd:applicationProfile>
>        <gco:CharacterString
>xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco"/>
>    </gmd:applicationProfile>
>    <gmd:name>
>        <gco:CharacterString
>xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco"/>
>    </gmd:name>
>    <gmd:description>
>        <gco:CharacterString
>xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco">DMSP Satellites
>Homepage</gco:CharacterString>
>    </gmd:description>
>    <gmd:function>
>        <gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode
>           
>codeList="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml
>#CI_OnLineFunctionCode"
>           
>codeListValue="information">information</gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode>
>    </gmd:function>
></gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
>
>[1] 
>https://geo-ide.noaa.gov/wiki/index.php?title=ISO_Components#Identifying_C
>omponents_in_the_Repository
>
>On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:43 PM,  <dan at inlet.geol.sc.edu> wrote:
>> Ok, I now get what you guys are saying.
>> What is the tag in that snippet that pycsw uses to add the service
>>entry?
>> Part of the section is valid, but missing the protocol.
>>
>> Thanks for the info, I want to get full use from the catalog.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>> Exactly, Dan. ncISO is not generating a gmd:protocol entry for that
>>> viewer.
>>> It is not included in the ncISO XSLT. Feel free to add one to your
>>>copy of
>>> the XSLT (UnidataDD2MI.xsl). But again, there's no valid gmd:protocol
>>> entry
>>> for such a viewer, really, so it would seem a moot point to me.
>>> Cheers,
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dan Ramage <dan at inlet.geol.sc.edu>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think I am confused, the URL that is used for this None entry is
>>>>only
>>>> found in the section I posted below. I didn't see any <gmd:protocol>
>>>> entries that had that URL.
>>>> The ISO record in question is here:
>>>> 
>>>>http://neptune.baruch.sc.edu/xenia/waf/ncsu_meas/thredds_dodsC_fmrc_sab
>>>>gom_
>>>> SABGOM_Forecast_Model_Run_Collection_best.ncd_META.xml
>>>>
>>>> On 9/22/14 3:15 PM, "Tom Kralidis" <tomkralidis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >gmd:protocol is the actual element which triggers clients into
>>>>binding
>>>> >against
>>>> >a given resource, which is usually based on a codelist item for
>>>> >consistency.
>>>> >
>>>> >gmd:name serves as more of a text label of a given link as opposed to
>>>> >something a machine can action against.
>>>> >
>>>> >Using gmd:protocol will yield huge value in many downstream tools
>>>>like
>>>> >pycsw.  And given tools are looking for gmd:protocol, this prevents
>>>> >them from guessing what the link is.
>>>> >
>>>> >..Tom
>>>> >
>>>> >On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Dan Ramage wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:12:26 -0400
>>>> >> From: Dan Ramage <dan at inlet.geol.sc.edu>
>>>> >> To: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com>
>>>> >> Cc: "pycsw-devel at lists.osgeo.org" <pycsw-devel at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>> >> Subject: Re: [pycsw-devel] Links Question
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What's the reasoning for not using the Viewer Information string?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dan
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 9/22/14 3:06 PM, "Tom Kralidis" <tomkralidis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> This should be fixed in the upsteam ncISO tools at this point:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> https://github.com/ethanrd/threddsIso/issues/2
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> https://github.com/Unidata/threddsIso/pull/1
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> This should alleviate this issue for ncISO based outputs.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> ..Tom
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Dan Ramage wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:56:48 -0400
>>>> >>>> From: Dan Ramage <dan at inlet.geol.sc.edu>
>>>> >>>> To: "pycsw-devel at lists.osgeo.org" <pycsw-devel at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>> >>>> Subject: [pycsw-devel] Links Question
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I've gotten most of my services issues sorted out via ncISO and
>>>> using
>>>> >>>> an xsl
>>>> >>>> file that handles the transforms correctly from Thredds
>>>>endpoints.
>>>> >>>> However I still have an entry of "None" with a link that only
>>>> appears
>>>> >>>> in the
>>>> >>>> following metadata section:
>>>> >>>>               <gmd:distributorTransferOptions>
>>>> >>>>                  <gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
>>>> >>>>                     <gmd:onLine>
>>>> >>>>                        <gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
>>>> >>>>                           <gmd:linkage>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>><gmd:URL>
>>>> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wct/wct-jnlp-beta.php?singlefile=h
>>>> >>>>tt
>>>> >>>> p:/
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>/
>>>> omgsrv1.meas.ncsu.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/fmrc/sabgom/SABGOM_Forecast_M
>>>> >>>>od
>>>> >>>> el_
>>>> >>>> Run_Collection_best.ncd</gmd:URL>
>>>> >>>>                           </gmd:linkage>
>>>> >>>>                           <gmd:name>
>>>> >>>>                              <gco:CharacterString>Viewer
>>>> >>>> Information</gco:CharacterString>
>>>> >>>>                           </gmd:name>
>>>> >>>>                           <gmd:description>
>>>> >>>>                              <gco:CharacterString>This URL
>>>>provides
>>>> an
>>>> >>>> NCDC
>>>> >>>> climate and weather toolkit view of an OPeNDAP
>>>> >>>> resource.</gco:CharacterString>
>>>> >>>>                           </gmd:description>
>>>> >>>>                           <gmd:function>
>>>> >>>>                              <gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>codeList="
>>>> http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsd/schema/resour
>>>> >>>>ce
>>>> >>>> s/C
>>>> >>>> odelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_PresentationFormCode"
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> codeListValue="mapDigital">mapDigital</gmd:CI_OnLineFunctionCode>
>>>> >>>>                           </gmd:function>
>>>> >>>>                        </gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
>>>> >>>>                     </gmd:onLine>
>>>> >>>>                  </gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
>>>> >>>>               </gmd:distributorTransferOptions>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Should this be picked up at all? There is a similar section above
>>>> it
>>>> >>>>as
>>>> >>>> well
>>>> >>>> that is a gmd:name http. I am not sure if this one is getting
>>>> handled
>>>> >>>> since
>>>> >>>> I do have an http entry in the links or if that was from a
>>>> >>>>gmd:protocol
>>>> >>>> section.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Dan
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>>
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