[Qgis-developer] CSWclient is available

[Maxim Dubinin]

Hi all,

we're pleased to announce availability of CSWclient plugin from
GIS-Lab repo. CSWclient is a tool that makes easier work with Catalogue
Services. It allows to browse through and access non-spatial and
spatial data. CSWclient is inspired by proof-of-concept qgCSW plugin.

Some more functions:
- server management functionality (add new, edit or delete existing servers from list);
- ability to save and load servers from exchange file;
- user-friendly displaying server and record metadata
- search by keywords (single keyword or comma-separated list);
- grabbing Bbox from map canvas or enter it by hand;
- option to setup number of records to return;
- user-friendly displaying for search results;
- navigation through search results (first, last, prev, next);
- "Open URL" button for records with "downloadableData" type (If there
is an URL in record metadata user can open this URL in the default browser)
- "Add to WMS list" button for records with "liveData" type. If there
is an URL in record metadata user can try to add this URL to the QGIS WMS servers list.
- OWSLib included in plugin sources, so there is no dependencies;

CSWclient plugin is at the experimental stage and all kinds of comments are welcome.

Maxim