John, 

GeoMoose operates against data sources similarly to your descriptions.  Each 
data source has it's own MapFile control for the MapServer engine, and you can 
also let GeoMoose access the WMS services directly if you wish.  This makes the 
addition of new layers very easy in the configuration of the GeoMoose catalog 
(MAPBOOK)  

bobb 



>>> John Callahan <john.calla...@udel.edu> wrote:


I have about 15 or so OGC services running with MapServer, mostly WMS but a few 
WFS and hopefully some WCS in the future. I'd like to have an easy way for 
users to browse through my services. Of course, I can manually create a web 
page listing my services but there should be something better. A CSW catalog 
would be nice as traditional desktop GIS users can easily browse/search and add 
my services directly to their GIS. It'd also be great if my services could be 
harvested by other catalogs. 



Does anyone know of a way to run a CSW-compliant app by simply adding existing 
etCapability URLs? I know about GeoNetwork but it doesn't seem like I need the 
full GUI or multi-user editor as it's only me (plus I'd rather not have to 
manually create/maintain records for each service as I think I'd have to with 
GN.) Does anyone know if MapServer can perform like a CSW, perhaps by pointing 
to local map files? 



In the end, I'm looking for a way to easily maintain a catalog of OGC services 
through integrating existing services as much as possible. Thanks for any 
guidance. 



- John 



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John Callahan, Research Scientist
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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