[Qgis-user] Desktop metadata editing...

[maning sambale]

Documentation perhaps?  I tried using
http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/qgismetaedit/
But never, got past loading the example xmls, I am having difficulty editing.
I'm a newbie in metadata editing, normally I just create a simple
textfile for our GIS output.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Alex Mandel<tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> Sampson, David wrote:
>> Ahh.. Metadata
>>
>> As I am going through creating some plugins and learning about OWS
>> services and trying my hand at a catalogue plugin I got to thinking,
>> what does the open source world do for managin their metadata on their
>> desktop?
>>
>> I know and quite like projects like geo-network and our own flavour at
>> http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/  but I am curious as to what people use for
>> their desktop.
>>
>> Back when FGDC was the spec of choice I used MP (metadata Parser) quite
>> extensively http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/tools/doc/mp.html but
>> with the new world of IS and the upcoming NAP (North American Profile) I
>> wonder what people are doing now.
>>
>> Would a lean desktop editor help people in the workflow. Essentialy
>> maintaining their metadata on the desktop then exporting (through valid
>> XML) to publishing facilities such as geonetwork..
>>
>> The idea is to couple data and metadata while people are working with
>> the data.
>>
>> Are people working on this? Do open source solutions already exist?
>>
>> Would a plugin for QGIS be useful? Or a desktop app that can hit many
>> softwares like GRASS, QGIS and others?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>
> I'm kinda chuckling because you just brought together the same two
> things I'm working on. Here's the sourceforge site for the plugin I started
> http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/qgismetaedit/
>
> Contributions are welcome, the big thing on the table is we need to swap
> out the XML parser to allow for better character handling and saving.
> I've already picked out Elementree as the tool and started a branch but
> won't have time to work on it for another week or two.
>
> Alex
>
>
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