dear Norman, all, This is probably not the answer you want, but a group of people around OSGeo.org have been collaborating on plans for an ultra-lightweight catalog service, RESTful addressable, incorporating just what's being used from the standards stack. This was motivated in part by Paul Ramsey's reflections on the subject last year:
http://geotips.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-simple-web-services-catalogues.html The current conversation is encapsulated in the mail archive at https://geodata.osgeo.org/ (link on the left - 'lean and mean catalog service' thread). I'm hoping to find time to extract the good bits into a wiki page soon - my ideal is to create a set of tests which would, if passed, constitute a simple implementation - and keep it all framed by pragmatic re-use of metadata. It would be worth organising an irc scheduled chat about this, I'll send a ping here if anyone's interested in following up - and a F2F / BOF on the subject is planned for http://foss4g2006.org as well. good luck! jo On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:28:16AM +0100, Norman Barker wrote: > On 7/26/06, Ugo Taddei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Just van den Broecke wrote: > >> 2$ct: I am not a specialist on WCAS but people in the field mention > >> Degree http://deegree.sourceforge.net from http://www.lat-lon.de/ as > >> an OSS WCAS solution. > >Yes, true. It's worth mentioning. Thanks. > > > >I think there's support for soap, but I'm not a catalog expert. There is > >also a Web module/client available (based on deegree's web client, the > >iGeoPortal). > > > > From the fly-sheet: > >Technical Features > >?Support of complex metadata models without requiring a specific > >database schema > >?Support of the core profile as defined in CS-W specification > >?Support of CS-W 2.0 ISO 19115/19119 Application Profile > >?Extension possibilities for in- and output using XSLT filters as pre- > >and post processors. > > > >Please post and further questions to the deegree lists. > > > >Cheeers, > > > >Ugo > >> > >> --Just > >> > >> Just van den Broecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Just Objects B.V. tel +31 65 4268627 Skype: justb4 > >> The Netherlands http://www.justobjects.nl > >> > >> Norman Barker wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> what is the best way to implement a catalogue service now, and which > >>> profile are we supposed to follow? > >>> > >>> I would like to use postgis as the database, is there an example > >>> schema for registering coverage metadata any where, I am thinking that > >>> the spatial queries coming from a client require a spatial database as > >>> the backend. > >>> > >>> Any thoughts would be appreciated, I would like the catalogue to be > >>> programmatic (soap based) if possible. > >>> > >>> I know about GeoNetwork, but am wondering whether to develop a > >>> catalogue I need such a framework. > >>> > >>> Norman > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Geowanking mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > Hi, > > I appreciate the advice of pointing to existing frameworks such as > Deegree, GeoNetwork. My interest is in creating a database schema > that accomodates the necessary coverage metadata, and the soap profile > to employ (ebRIM?). There seems to be a lot of discussion of this, > and I am interested in setting up a postgis database with the coverage > metadata (how much / little should I record, access roles etc.), and > publishing my own soap services. > > Norman > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking -- ghug is my email archiving bot. if you see it cc'd on this email, please leave it cc'd, that will help me a lot. http://frot.org/ghug _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
