Define parent/child, service/dataset and feature catalogue/dataset relation between metadata records

Date	2009/12/03
Contact(s)	Francois
Last edited	Timestamp
Status	Draft
Assigned to release	2.5
Resources	GéoSource [BRGM], geocat.ch [swisstopo]
Ticket	TODO

Overview

Metadata records could be related together based on ISO elements. Examples:

• parent identifier
• operates on element for service metadata

This proposal define a user interface to set 3 types of relation:

1. dataset metadata / service metadata (including a link to the data based on WMS layer name)
2. parent / child relation
3. feature catalogue / dataset metadata

View mode

In view mode, related metadata records are displayed on the top right corner. The panel display:

• parent/child relation using a tree representation (parent/current record/children)
• related services (if current record is a dataset)
• related datasets (if current record is a service)
• related feature catalogues (if current record is a dataset)

The panel allows navigation from one record to the other. Only metadata records visible to current user are displayed (ie. a metadata could be linked to another one but not displayed because not published for current user).

Editing user interface

Same panel with editing functionalities is displayed.

Link to a parent

The parent identifier field is modified to display a metadata selection panel to search for a parent record and set the parent identifier using the selected record UUID.

Link a dataset to a service

Linking a dataset to a service or a service to a dataset is made using the following panel:

Editor could define a layer name using the combo box (which try to retrieve layers from the WMS GetCapabilities document) or typing the layer name in the text field. This information is required to display the layer using the map viewer.

Proposal Type

• Type: Editor
• App: GeoNetwork
• Module: Editor

Links

• Email discussions:
• IRC discussions:

Voting History

• Vote proposed
• Votes:

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Motivations

• INSPIRE requirements
• Easy editing
• Metadata navigation between related records

Risks

Participants

• Mathieu, Francois