[QGIS-Developer] QGIS server and metadata

[Alessandro Pasotti]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 5:35 PM Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com> wrote:

> For Python it's entirely feasible to put pycsw atop the metadata, and
> was discussed as
> as approach as part of the QGIS metadata strategy / planning.
>
>
Thanks Tom,

but I think Paolo was referring to expose QGIS metadata in a
GetCapabilities response, this is (and must be) handled directly by QGIS
server without any other software stack.

IMO what is missing here is a bridge between the new metadata API in QGIS
core and the "old" QGIS server metadata API.



> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:47 AM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Ale for the explanation. Indeed, a suboptimal situation.
> > Perhaps worth an ad hoc crowdfunding.
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Il 31/10/19 16:40, Alessandro Pasotti ha scritto:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 4:28 PM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it
> > > <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     Hi all,
> > >     apparently our server does not expose the metadata stored in the
> project
> > >     and layer properties:
> > >     * is this true?
> > >
> > >
> > > There is a metadata section in the server configuration (Service
> > > Capabilities) of the project properties, modeled on WMS/WFS metadata,
> > > they are exposed. The sad thing is that when the new metadata framework
> > > was developed it was not connected with the existing server metadata,
> so
> > > we currently have two separate APIs for metadata, the old very limited
> > > one for the server and the new one. On the other hand, the old existing
> > > API is exactly what was required by WMS/WFS.
> > >
> > >
> > >     * is there any reason for this, besides the usual lack of
> resources to
> > >     implement it?
> > >
> > >
> > > Not that I'm aware of.
> > >
> > >
> > >     * anyone has estimates or plans to implement it?
> > >
> > >
> > > Not that I'm aware of.
> > >
> > > I though about it for WFS3 but I couldn't find the time/resources to do
> > > anything (mainly because of missing API in the server), for now I've
> > > just implemented what was available in the server's WFS code.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >     Moreover, I wonder how users are managing their metadata from
> QGIS, now
> > >     that several plugins that helped compiling them are not available
> for
> > >     current versions. Any feedback will be appreciated.
> > >     Cheers.
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