= Local Rating (originating from [http://nationaalgeoregister.nl Nationaal Georegister]) =

|| '''Date''' || 2009/09/03 ||
|| '''Contact(s)''' || [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Heikki Heikki Doeleman] ||
|| '''Last edited''' || [[Timestamp]] ||
|| '''Status''' || draft ||
|| '''Assigned to release''' || 2.5 ||
|| '''Resources''' || The work may be done in the NGR project ||

== Overview ==
In GeoNetwork, users can rate metadata. The user's rating is broadcast to all GeoNetwork nodes known to the one where the rating happens, and the results are thus shared between nodes. In NGR this does not happen and the rating is simply kept and calculated on only the user ratings on the GN node itself. This proposal wants to make this "local" rating behaviour an option to standard GeoNetwork, configurable through the Admin interface.[[BR]][[BR]]

=== Proposal Type ===
 * '''Type''': GUI change, Core change
 * '''App''': !GeoNetwork
 * '''Module''': admin interface, core rating code

=== Links ===
 
 * '''Email discussions''': on geonetwork-devel: [http://n2.nabble.com/Proposals-to-include-NGR-functionality-to-GeoNetwork-trunk-td3365623.html#a3365623 "Proposals to include NGR functionality to GeoNetwork trunk"]
 * '''IRC discussions''': [http://logs.qgis.org/geonetwork/%23geonetwork.2009-09-01.log September 1st, 2009 on GeoNetwork's IRC channel]

=== Voting History ===

 * None as yet

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== Motivations ==
The motivations for these changes are :

'''1.''' Local user feedback

== Proposal == 

In GeoNetwork, users can rate metadata. The user's rating is broadcast to all GeoNetwork nodes known to the one where the rating happens, and the results are thus shared between nodes. In NGR this does not happen and the rating is simply kept and calculated on only the user ratings on the GN node itself. This proposal wants to make this "local" rating behaviour an option to standard GeoNetwork, configurable through the Admin interface.[[BR]][[BR]]
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=== Backwards Compatibility Issues ===

none

== Risks ==

== Participants ==
 * As above