1. GeoNetwork,
The Open Source Solution
for the interoperable management
of geospatial metadata
Ing. Emanuele Tajariol, GeoSolutions
Ing. Simone Giannecchini, GeoSolutions
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2. GeoSolutions
 GeoSolutions
 GeoNetwork Introduction
 History
 Software Features
 Standards
 Architecture
 User Interface
 INSPIRE
 RNDT
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3. GeoSolutions
 Founded in Italy in late 2006
 Expertise
• Image Processing, GeoSpatial Data Fusion
• Java, Java Enterprise, C++, Python
• JPEG2000, JPIP, Advanced 2D visualization
 Supporting/Developing FOSS4G projects
 GeoTools
 GeoServer
 GeoNetwork
 GeoBatch
 ImageIO-Ext
 Focus on Consultancy
 agencies, large private companies, etc…
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4. GeoNetwork
 (GeoSpatial) Catalog
 Registry of Metadata
 Repository
 Enterprise Search Appliance
 GeoPortal
 SDI entry point
 Information Broker
 Metadata Editor
 Standards Based
 Implemented with Java Enterprise technologies
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5. Technologies
 Java Enterprise
 Apache Lucene for speed light search
 Support for different backends
 MYSQL, Oracle, Postgresql, etc..
 XSL Templates for flexible presentation
 XML Schema
 Metadata Validation and Editing
 Support for Enterprise Security
 LDAP
 Shibboleth
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6. Standards
 ISO TC 211  Others
 19110:2005
 FGDC
 19115:2003
 19115:2005
 OpenSearch Geo
 19119:2005  RSS/GeoRSS
 19139:2007
 WebDAV
 23950/Z39.50
 OGC  OAI-PMH
 CSW 2.0.2 (ISO  Dublin Core
Profile)
 INSPIRE
 Discovery Service
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7. GeoNetwork: features (1)
 Search capabilities to access local and distributed
geospatial catalogues
 Up- and downloading of data, graphics, documents, pdf
files and any other content type
 An interactive Web Map Viewer to combine Web Map
Services from local and distributed servers around the
world
 On-line editing of metadata with a powerful template
system
 XSD schema and schematron validation of metadata
 Native support for international metadata standards
 Multilingual metadata support for the ISO19115/19119/19110
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8. GeoNetwork: features (2)
 INSPIRE advanced search option
 Data and metadata export/import procedures
 Scheduled harvesting and synchronization of metadata
between distributed catalogues (GeoNetwork, CSW,
Z39.50, OGC WxS, WebDav, Thredds, OAI-PMH)
 Support CSW 2.0.2 ISO Profile, OAI-PMH, Z39.50 protocols
 Administration of groups and users through Web interface
 Multi-lingual user interface
 Data updates dissemination via RSS news feeds and as
GeoRSS
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9. Standards
• Metadata
– ISO19115:2003, ISO19119:2005, ISO19110:2005, COMMON
ISO19139:2007 LANGUAGES
– FGDC, Dublin Core
• Export/Import
– RSS & GeoRSS newsfeeds EXCHANGE
– XML + XSL FORMATS
• Catalogue interfaces
– OGC CSW 2.0.2 ISO Profile
– OAI-PMH
– Z39.50
– Geo-OpenSearch CATALOGUES/
– GeoRSS WEB SERVICES
– WebDAV
• Web Mapping Client
– OGC standards for WMS, WMC
• Web Map Server (through GeoServer)
– WMS, WFS, WFS-t, WCS, KML
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10. Architecture
Frontend - UI
Edit
Search View map
Lucene
Metadata
index
registry
GeoServer
Spatial data
repository
Backend - GeoNetwork Backend - GeoServer
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11. Registry
 Manage, Publish and
Search collections of
metadata about Data,
Services and related
information
 ISO 19115  Metadata about
Data
 ISO 19119  Metadata about
Services
 Enterprise Unique
entry point
 Act as a Broker (SOA)
 Can work in federation
 Multilingualism
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12. Repository
 GeoNetwork can be used as a repository
for the data it describes
 Authorization on data are independent from
authorization on related metadata
 Easy-to-use editor controls to upload data
and set automatically the onLineResource
URL
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13. Registry - Federation
 Multiple Registries for Multiple Enterprise Clouds
 Different data/services
 Different Organizations
 Federation reduces complexity
 Available Paradigms
 Harvesting
 Synchronized Local Copy of remote Metadata
 Remote Search
 Federating node as NoCache proxy for queries
 GeoNetwork supports both
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14. GeoNetwork
OGC Portal Reference Architecture
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15. Architecture
• Desktop and server versions running on any
platform
– Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
• Java Application using
– XML+XSL
– Lucene (Apache Project for XML file indexing)
– Jeeves (Open Source project for XMLDB interface)
Java Application
Jetty
(Desktop),
Template Tomcat
GeoNetwork
XSL
McKoi (Desktop),
MySQL, Oracle
Indexing Jeeves
DB
Lucene (DB  XML)
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16. Metadata harvesting
Multiple paths
to same
source Loops
Hierarchical
GeoNetwork harvesting
Nodes
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17. Enterprise GeoPortal
 User Friendly Search/View
GeoPortal
 Customizable Presentation
 Search Forms
 Results Presentation
 Based on XSL templates
 Embedding in third party sites
 Integrate with A&A layers
 Different views for different
roles
 Metadata Profiling
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18. Enterprise GeoPortal
 Metadata Profiling
 Authentication
 Internal user management for smaller deploys
 LDAP integration
 Shibboleth integration (federated SSO)
 Authorization
 User groups (grants on metadata) - customizable
 User profiles (grants on operations) - fixed
 Metadata access authorization is fine grained at group
level
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19. User interface/Home page
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20. Web user interface/Search
Simple/local search
Advanced search
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21. Web user interface/Search
Inspire-based search options
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22. Web user interface/Search results
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23. Web user interface/Metadata Display
Metadata
summary
Metadata
details
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24. Web user interface/Search results
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25. Web user interface/Search results
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26. Web user interface/Search results
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27. Embedded Web Map Client
Web user interface/Web map viewer
Map viewer
Layer tree
opened
section Map toolbar
Add data layer
(layers toolbar)
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28. Google Earth Support
View in
Google Earth
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29. Administration section
Administration
Login/Logout
Add new metadata
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30. Metadata editor/Default View
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31. Metadata editor/XML View
Full ISO metadata support
ISO19115:2003 / ISO19139:2007
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32. Metadata editor/Categories assignment
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33. Metadata editor/Data upload
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34. Metadata editor/Privileges assignment
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35. Harvesting management
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36. Localization Support
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37. Metadata Editor
 Terms and Rules from ISO 19115 and 19119
 Encoding in 19139, FGDC and Dublin Core
 Intuitive Web-Based Editor with Validation
 Identification Section
 Distribution Section
 Reference System Section
 Data Quality Section
 Metadata Section
 Highly Customizable
 Presentation
 Validation
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38. Metadata Editor
 Additional capabilities
 Extensible Templates’ set
 Visual Validation
 Extensive online resource
management (WMS, File
download, etc..)
 Additional Metadata Linking
(dataset/service, parent/child,
feature catalog/dataset
metadata)
 Role assignment for
presentation profiling
 Multilingual Support
 Batch Import/Insert from XML
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39. INSPIRE: about
The INSPIRE directive aims to create a European Union (EU)
spatial data infrastructure.
This will enable the sharing of environmental spatial information
among public sector organisations and better facilitate public
access to spatial information across Europe.
The INSPIRE directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will
be implemented in various stages, with full implementation
required by 2019.
Institutional site: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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40. INSPIRE: about
 Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European
Community
 2007/2/EC Directive, 14/03/2007
 Fully in place by 2019
 Implementing Rules and Technical Guidance to implement
EU-wide Interoperable SDIs
 IR are legally binding
 TC are not legally binding
 Main Aspects Covered
 Metadata
 Network Services
 Data and Service Sharing
 Data Specification
 Monitoring and Reporting
 Maximum Reuse of existing standards (OGC, ISO, W3C)
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41. INSPIRE: Who does What
 Discovery service  GeoNetwork
 View, Download, InvokeSD, Transformation
Service  GeoServer
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42. INSPIRE: discovery services
 Discovery of spatial dataset and services
 Provide operations on services
 query about service capabilities
 register other federated Discovery Services
 Provide operations on metadata
 search
 update (both push and pull modes),
 perform federated searches
 Based on Metadata specs from ISO
 TG requires CSW 2.0.2 ISO AP as starting point
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43. INSPIRE: discovery services in GeoNetwork
 GeoNetwork implements CSW 2.0.2 ISO Profile
 INPIRE extended constraints in metadata should be
explicitly enabled in GeoNetwork
 Complies with almost all main requirements in Metadata
Implementation and Discovery Services
 Main compliancy issues in:
 Handling federated catalogues
 in Discovery Service Metadata and Link Discovery Service
operations
 Federated metadata retrieving
 no CSW, only Z39.50
 Publishing in pull mode
 matching CSW Harvest operation in GN is not stable yet
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44. INSPIRE and ISO19115/19139
INSPIRE supported metadata are based on
• ISO19115/19139 (metadata)
• ISO19119 (services)
There are some differences in constraints on metadata
elements between ISO19115 and INSPIRE.
The use of the INSPIRE guidelines to create INSPIRE
metadata ensures that the metadata is not in conflict
with ISO 19115. However, full conformance to ISO
19115 implies the provision of additional metadata
elements which are not required by INSPIRE.
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45. INSPIRE support in GeoNetwork
• Editing view that underlines INSPIRE required
elements
• Easy check and insertion of INSPIRE required
elements
• Schematron rules to check for INSPIRE conformance
• Search using INSPIRE codelists
• Extended CSW queryables fields to match INSPIRE
requirements
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46. RNDT: about
• RNDT («Repertorio Nazionale dei Dati Territoriali») is
the Italian national metadata catalog - instituted in
2005 and managed by DigitPA - whose purpose is to
facilitate the dissemination of the data of general
interest, available in the public administration
agencies at different levels.
• RNDT is based on ISO19115, 19119 and 19139
standards.
• Conformance to the RNDT metadata standard should
ensure conformance to INSPIRE guidelines
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47. RNDT support in GeoNetwork
GeoSolutions’ first work with RNDT was with a
GeoNetwork customization for CSI Piemonte.
Issues:
• Some RNDT interpretations of ISO19139 differ from
GeoNetwork standard implementation.
• Some constraints in RNDT are looser than ISO19139
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48. RNDT support in GeoNetwork
Search on PSR thesaurus
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49. Real World Use Cases:
City of FIorence OpenData Portal
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50. Real World Use Cases:
City of FIorence OpenData Portal
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51. GeoNetwork 2.8
What’s new
• Metadata versioning
• Subtemplates
• GeoServer publishing integration
• Pluggable metadata schemas
• Improved database connection pooling
• Virtual CSW endpoints
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52. The End
Questions?
etj@geo-solutions.it
simone.giannecchini@geo-solutions.it
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53. Maps & metadata view in Google Earth
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