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GeoNetwork currently support publication of :

• zipped shapefile
• tiff
• zipped tiff
• postgis table

GeoServer? (2.1.1) allows publication of datastore using filename or url using:

/workspaces/<ws>/datastores/<ds>/url[.<extension>] 
/workspaces/<ws>/datastores/<ds>/external[.<extension>]

Using this, in the metadata distribution section :

• register a file (eg.  file:///home/francois/GeoData/DEPARTEMENT.shp) on the network visible to GeoServer?,
• set the protocol to a GIS resource (ie. "GIS File" FILE:GEO)
• use the geopublisher panel to publish the resource.

The XML is :

<gmd:onLine>
	<gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
		<gmd:linkage>
			<gmd:URL>file:///home/francois/GeoData/DEPARTEMENT.shp</gmd:URL>
		</gmd:linkage>
		<gmd:protocol>
			<gco:CharacterString>FILE:GEO</gco:CharacterString>
		</gmd:protocol>
		<gmd:name>
			<gco:CharacterString>Shapefile des départements français</gco:CharacterString>
		</gmd:name>
		<gmd:description gco:nilReason="missing">
			<gco:CharacterString/>
		</gmd:description>
	</gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
</gmd:onLine>

Ref:  http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/restconfig/rest-config-api.html#data-stores

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