= Update on developments in the first Quarter of 2007 =

Work has been concentrated on a couple of aspects of the project lately. They are:

* Development of GeoNetwork opensource version 2.1 resulting in beta releases

* Upgrading of the [http://geonetwork-opensource.org Community website]

* Work related to the OSGEO incubation process

== Development of version 2.1 ==

A lot of development has been going over the last 9 months. Many new functions have been added and existing ones have been enhanced. The plan is to release a final version 2.1 of the catalog software towards the end of April 2007. Here's a summary of what has been developed for this release:

* Support for the ISO-19115 metadata standard, formatted and validated against the ISO-19139 implementation schema. [wiki:metadataSupport Read more] [wiki:115and139Confusion The ISO19115 / 19139 confusion]

* Support for the OGC Catalog Services for the Web (OGC-CSW 2.0.1) base specification. [wiki:csw201 Read more]

* Web based harvesting configuration between !GeoNetwork opensource nodes and from Web accessible folders [wiki:harvesting Read more]