|| '''Date''' || 2010/03/22 ||
|| '''Contact(s)''' || Francois ||
|| '''Last edited''' || [[Timestamp]] ||
|| '''Status''' || Draft ||
|| '''Assigned to release''' || 2.5 ||
|| '''Resources''' || GéoSource [BRGM] ||
|| '''Ticket''' ||  ||

== Overview ==
This proposal allows GUI configuration for categories.


Options are :
 * turn on/off category management (administration interface, search criteria, metadata editing)
 * display category icons in search results
  * based on category table
  * based on category defined on metadata information (ie. make distinction between dataset and service for iso19139 records, feature catalogue type). This type of category is called internal category.


[[Image(category.png)]]


Internal category allows to quickly identified metadata on datasets and metadata on services (that's one of the INSPIRE requirements).

=== Proposal Type ===
 * '''Type''': GUI
 * '''App''': !GeoNetwork
 * '''Module''': GUI

=== Links ===
 
 * '''Email discussions''': 
 * '''IRC discussions''': 

=== Voting History ===
 * Vote not yet proposed 

== Proposal details ==
Default configuration parameter is equivalent as current GeoNetwork behavior.
{{{
<!-- Display or not category information : Categories are stored in the database and a metadata
 record could be linked to one or more categories. -->
 <category>
  <!-- 
   To disable that feature
   comment this out. This will hide categories in search criteria, 
   metadata editing and administration interface.
  -->
  <admin/>
  
  <!-- Display category as icon in search results. Categories could be :
    * define from category table or
    * define based on schema : iso19139 could be service or dataset and iso19110 is feature catalogue (internal category)
  
  mode attribute could be:
   * all : all categories
   * db : only from category table
   * internal : only internal category
   -->  
  <display-in-search mode="db"/>
  
 </category>
}}}

== Backwards Compatibility Issues ==
None.

== Risks ==

== Participants ==
 * Francois