That is quite the experiment. I know James was using keywords to host some external config in a standards compatible way.
+1 on the community module. Are you sure you should not build out the CSW functionality more? XML vs YAML etc.. On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 2:45 AM Niels Charlier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > We have developed a new module for geoserver that we'd like to > contribute to the community, and I would like to ask for approval. > > I remember once already suggesting the idea behind the module to the > list a while ago and getting positive feedback / interest. The main > thing it does is adding an extra tab to the layer page with custom > metadata fields, based on a YAML configuration file in the data > directory. Each field as a type: text fields, numbers, dates, > checkboxes, UUID's, dropdowns, etcetera. You have multi-dimensional > fields and unlimited nested complex fields. These fields are stored in > the metadata map of the layer and therefore accessible via CSW mappings. > > What is the problem we wanted to solve? Having complex metadata > information in geonetwork, but wanting a straight-forward way to sync > this with geoserver (for example title, keywords, etcetera). The chosen > solution is to keep all the metadata close to your data, and let > geonetwork automatically harvest everything from geoserver using the CSW > service, therefore removing the need to add/edit metadata in geonetwork > itself and avoiding differences between the two. > > For this reason I also had to fix a number of bugs and add new features > in CSW with respect to the ISO metadata profile. There are already a > number of PR's related to this. > > Here is a non-exclusive list of additional features included: > - creating templates and linking layers to (multiple) templates (for > example, with info about owner) > - import the metadata from geonetwork (in case you do already have a > geonetwork entry) > - automatically generating feature catalogue data from the feature type > of your vector layer > > > Kind Regards > Niels > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > -- -- Jody Garnett
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