Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-11 Thread strk
On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 04:48:38PM -0800, Alex Mandel wrote: Noted case, how many years it took Flash to really be usable without crazy hacks on linux. Flash is still not usable without crazy hacks if you don't want non-free software on your computer. Free software programmers should pay

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-09 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Cameron: Why was gimed developed rather than extending GeoNetwork? Angelos: - When developing for HEMCO project, the time frame was very limited and I estimated that a clean implementation would be faster. - The project's specifications were also requiring C# because other non FOSS

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-09 Thread Daniel Ames
Coming late to this discussion, I would point out that the FSF article about Mono is based entirely on conjecture. Particularly this statement: Microsoft is probably planning to force all free C# implementations underground some day using software patents I suspect if the OSGeo world were to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-09 Thread Alex Mandel
I'm more concerned about the lack of direct support for multi-platforms. Of course that implies that MS does a good job of supporting it's platform. Noted case, how many years it took Flash to really be usable without crazy hacks on linux. (OT: Anyone know what's up with Novell possibly selling

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-07 Thread Markus Neteler
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Angelos Tzotsos gcpp.kal...@gmail.com wrote: Those software you mention are far more advanced and mature, I agree with you. I can also add MDWeb to the list as a great metadata/catalog software (http://www.mdweb-project.org/) I have added the links to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-06 Thread Cameron Shorter
Angelos, I'm interested to understand why someone would use gimed instead of GeoNetwork (the currently established Metadata editor)? What does gimed provide above GeoNetwork? Why was gimed developed rather than extending GeoNetwork? Could gimed be incorporated into GeoNetwork? The other open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-06 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hi Cameron, Those software you mention are far more advanced and mature, I agree with you. I can also add MDWeb to the list as a great metadata/catalog software (http://www.mdweb-project.org/) I provide some answers below: On 11/06/2010 09:33 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: Angelos, I'm

[OSGeo-Discuss] Greek Inspire Metadata Editor (gimed)

2010-11-05 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
Hello everyone, I would like to announce the release of gimed, an INSPIRE compliant metadata editor. It is a desktop implementation similar to the interface provided by the INSPIRE Geoportal Metadata Editor. Main features: - Validation of Metadata - Automatic import of geographic bounding