[Qgis-developer] Re: XML Metadata editor Plugin - FYI

[Agustin Lobo]

These are really good news, is this going to be able to read/write
the same format as MetaD?
http://www.geoportal-idec.cat/geoportal/eng/inici.jsp?pag=metad&home=s

Agus

> [Qgis-developer] XML Metadata editor Plugin - FYI
> Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
> Tue Feb 3 16:54:09 EST 2009

> Just wanted to let the devs know, for a class project my group is
> developing a new plugin to edit xml metadata files commonly included
> with shapefiles according to ISO 19115:2003 and FGDC(past and upcoming)
> standards.
> 
> For those who don't know these files contain the who, what, where and
> why of a dataset and is extremely useful for publishing and cataloging
> datasets online.
> 
> It's currently in the planning stages and in about 5 weeks when the term
> is up, however far we've gotten we'll welcome additional developers.
> Suggestions are welcome at any time.
> 
> 
> We made a sourceforge project to handle svn/documentation.
> http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/qgismetaedit/
> 
> This raises the question of whether there should be a qgis plugin
> collective for unofficial plugins and new ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex

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