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 :

• download the software on ​SourceForge.net
• download the source code on ​GitHub
• report bugs, problems on ​GitHub
• propose new developments ​GitHub

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

• ​Proposals for new development
• Research and Development (RnD) - Ideas for future development
• Contributions that have not yet, or cannot be integrated in the GeoNetwork opensource software
• Project Steering Committee
• Committer and contributor guidelines - To be accepted before contributing code to the project
• Release strategy we use and the related checklist
• Motions handled by the PSC - not in use anymore. Motions are dealt with on the developer mailinglist and in ​proposals

Documentation

• List of "How To" guides
• List of documentation pages in french / documentation en Français
• List of documentation pages in german
• Interoperability tests matrix - A table containing interoperability tests, cross-platform. For CSW 2.0.2 ISO improvements this is the page for you.
• InstallAndConfig Installation Examples
• ​OSGeo GeoNetwork opensource Incubation process - The project graduated from incubation on ​2 May 2008

Mailing lists and IRC

• ​Mailing lists - subscribe and discuss
• Browse through the ​mailing list archives
• ​#geonetwork Internet Relay Chat channel - Used for direct communication. A web interface is available ​here. Otherwise you may want to use an IRC client like ​ChatZilla (on FireFox) or ​Colloquy (OSX).
• ​#geonetwork IRC logs

Bug reporting

The GeoNetwork project uses GitHub to record and process bugs, features et cetera.

• To submit or modify bug tickets you'll need to login with a ​GitHub account.
• To create an issue use the ​New issue button.

Developer Meetings

• Bolsena2013 - Agenda for GeoNetwork development in Bolsena, 2013
• BolsenaDraft2012 - Agenda for GeoNetwork development in Bolsena, 2012
• Agenda Bolsena 2011 - Agenda for GeoNetwork development in Bolsena, 2011
• Agenda Bolsena 2010 - Agenda for GeoNetwork discussion in Bolsena, 2010
• Bolsena 2009 - Agenda

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​IntelliJidea has kindly provided developer licenses to GeoNetwork core developers. If you want a copy of the license please contact ​Heikki Doeleman.