Research and Development page

This page is a Developer scratch pad for new ideas that could evolve into functionality implemented in the GeoNetwork software.

Author	Idea	Comment
Emanuele Tajariol	Persistence	Using a persistence framework (e.g. Hibernate, TopLink, ...)
Heikki Doeleman	MVC_Framework	Using an MVC framework (e.g. Struts2, Spring MVC, ...)
Heikki Doeleman	10,000 Apps
ticheler	GUI for version 2.2 with integrated Web Map Client	Mock-ups of GN version 2.2
ticheler	Possible localization / Translation approaches	How to make localization easier
ticheler	Metadata Crawler	A tool to automatically generate metadata and prepare data for cataloging
ticheler	Blue Marble	Process to create the Blue marble backdrop layer
fxprunayre	Thesaurus & Keywords	How to improve thesaurus and keyword managment in GeoNetwork opensource
ticheler	W*S links in RSS	Define a proper way to include links to OGC W*S services in Atom / RSS feeds
ticheler	ISO19115-19139 standards confusion	The ISO19115/ISO19139 metadata standards confusion
tajariol	Refactoring !GeoNetwork into multiple projects for Maven build	Improve the code structure to be more modular
fxprunayre	XLinkedFragments	sub-template mechanism using XLinked fragments
heikki	Multiple instances of GeoNetwork	why GeoNetwork cannot be scaled, and suggestions to improve that

These are descriptions of some larger projects that helped GeoNetwork develop further:

• ebXML - Wiki for the GeoNetwork ebXML interface project
• NGR Changes for the Dutch Nationaal Georegister (NGR)
• geocat.ch The Swiss Geographic Catalogue