= Planning page = IrcMeeting19082009 == Release schedule == * Monday 21 May: beta 2 release * Monday 17 June: Release Candidate of !GeoNetwork version 2.1 * Monday 2 July: Final release GN v2.1.0 * Monday 9 September: Release Candidate GN v2.2 * Thursday 20 September: Final release GN 2.2. This is just before the FOSS4G and the Intergeo conferences taking place in the week of 23 September * Middle 2008: Version 3.0 == Planned functionality for version 2.1 == Version 2.1 will, beyond the functionality that has already been added, have the following new functionality: * Privileges handling and metadata ownership (individual metadata ownership besides the group ownership) * password encryption in database (including migration process update) * Use of MEF format for data backup when deleting content * Improve online help system (show help as tooltips) * Improved search (filters for printable maps, raw data, reports, interactive maps) * WEBDAV harvesting support (harvest metadata published on webdav folders) optionally: * Improve workflow to allow review of content before it is published * Add content review/ rating by users options to interface to allow users to rate content and search on these ratings. * Integration of !InterMap opensource 2.1, the web map client. * A number of editor improvements * Bug fixes * Harvesting of GN 2.0 nodes content from a GN 2.1 node. This will be made available as an update to !GeoNetwork 2.0.3 based nodes and will have the form of a single geonetwork.jar library to replace the current (v2.0.3) one. == Planned functionality for version 2.2 == Version 2.2 will have the following added functionality: * GUI improvements based on the outcome of two usability assessments * Simple LDAP authentication to allow authentication against corporate authentication system * Plain text version (for low bandwidth searching) * CSW harvesting * Open Archive Initiative (OAI) server and client (harvesting) support + administration interface * Notification system for system administrators in !GeoNetwork software: * A client thread to send a keep alive message to the server; * Using the keep alive messages, the server provides a list of users/ hosts currently active. An administrator service will be added to show the list of connected users; * The new administrative page that displays the active users provides the administrator the option to send a message to all or single users; * The text message will be presented on the client browser; * A maintenance password will be used to avoid logins before a scheduled reboot, or while testing the system. This prevents users to connect to an unstable system. !InterMap improvements: * Export/print functionality to !InterMap to export maps in pdf or geotiff format * Export in GEOTIFF (image with internal geo-reference) * Export in PDF format. Add a dialogue to set the title, north arrow, scale, page orientation, visible layer legends, copyright info * “Email this map to” support, using Web Map Context support already available in !InterMap The HTML based mail will provide: * Thumbnail of the map * A hyperlink that will open the embedded WMC context in the original !InterMap instance. * Updated documentation * An updated DVD will be produced with this version of the !GeoNetwork software. Under discussion but not confirmed !InterMap improvements: * Integration of the !OpenLayers API in the client part * !InterMap server part to act as a WMS-T cascading server * Support for KML export of a project, including adding comments with pins etc... Also under discussion, as a result of usability assessment: ''To improve searchability'' * Ability to refine search by searching ‘within’ search results * Results to be classified/sorted by: * Date of publication * Date map refers to * Rating * Number of views (popularity) * Highlight searched keywords (context) in results * By default, search should: * Spell check * A search for synonyms and equivalents and yield the relevant results * Metadata to show version number, which is revised each time metadata is updated ''To improve admin and publishing'' * Automate the registration process, with an email sent to site administrator who then approves the account * Creation of a lost-password retrieval system * Data managers have customised user pages which contain all “their” files, and can view usage statistics * Automated email to data manager asking them to check that their metadata/data is still valid on an annual basis from creation/update (to help improve "housekeeping") == Planned functionality for version 3.0 == Planning has started for !GeoNetwork opensource 3.0. This section will be expanded over time. Version 3 is planned for release in 2008. The version should further enhance !GeoNetwork opensource while remaining backward compatible with the earlier versions. * Support for the ebRIM based OGC-Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) interface with the ISO and ISO-EO (Earth Observation) extension packages.