Welcome to The GeoNetwork opensource Developer website!

If you are a user of the GeoNetwork opensource software, you probably want to go to ​The GeoNetwork opensource Community website

If you want to report bugs, problems, you are a software developer or simply interested in the development of the GeoNetwork software, this is the place to be :)

Introduction

For an effective development of the GeoNetwork opensource software, we suggest you start with familiarizing yourself with the software by going through the point listed here.

Provide feedback and contribute to this site wherever you feel information is lacking, out of sync or incorrect. This is essential to successful development and use of the application. Don't hesitate to ask if things are not clear, an honest question is NEVER stupid! However, read first to avoid asking the same questions many others did before you.

Developer WIKI

• ​Mailing lists - subscribe and discuss
• ​GeoNetwork lists on Nabble.com - browse through the mailing list archives
• 1st Quarter 2007 update - Read the updates to know what we worked on
• Planning - You can read what's planned for upcoming releases
• Release strategy we use and the related checklist
• Research and Development (RnD) - Ideas for future development
• Contributions that have not yet, or cannot be integrated in the GeoNetwork opensource software
• Committer and contributor guidelines - To be accepted before contributing code to the project
• To better understand the application's architecture we suggest you read the Jeeves manual. This manual explains how to develop an application based on the Jeeves library, also maintained on ​SourceForge. GeoNetwork opensource is build using this library for most of its functionality. Jeeves takes care of managing data sources, XML transformations through XSL and stuff like starting web services.
• The GeoNetwork opensource Project Steering Committee
• The OSGeo GeoNetwork opensource Incubation process can be followed ​here
• For more background on Producing Open Source Software please get yourself introduced to all aspects by reading the ​Producing Open Source Software book.

Bug reporting

The GeoNetwork project migrated to this Trac instance, it replaces the tracker at ​SourceForge.

• To submit or modify bug tickets you'll need to login with an ​OSGeo Userid.
• To submit an issue use the ​New Ticket button.
• To query outstanding issues perform a ​Query.

GeoNetwork Code Sprint @ Third GeoNetwork Workshop

At the Third GeoNetwork workshop on 5-9 November 2007 in Rome - Italy we plan to have another GeoNetwork code sprint.

Objectives:

• Add ISO19119 service metadata support
• Finish z39.50 harvesting
• Finish DC support for W*S service URLs

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