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.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:47 AM Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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. > > -- > > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu <http://www.faunalia.eu> > > QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> Chair: > > http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ > > _______________________________________________ > > QGIS-Developer mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > > > -- > > Alessandro Pasotti > > w3: www.itopen.it <http://www.itopen.it> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > QGIS-Developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS.ORG Chair: > http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
