Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of crawler

Timestamp:

05/29/07 02:46:59 (18 years ago)

Author:

ticheler

Comment:

--

crawler

@@ -12 +12 @@
 Requirements:
  - scanning one or more folders recursively
- - generate a metadata XML
+ - generate a metadata XML in ISO19115-19139 compliant format
         - extract spatial properties from datasets found using GDAL/OGR
-        - add some minimal contact info etc... to the metadata that is found in a related text file (incl. default privileges)
+        - add contact information etc... to the metadata that is found in a related text file (incl. default privileges)
         - add information on data location
         - add information on other services
  - timestamp for synching
- - synch metadata with metadata catalog (!GeoNetwork opensource) in two directions depending on time stamps
- - have a default contact information document that is used when no text file is available in the data folder
+ - The application will create MEF files that can be harvested by !GeoNetwork or imported into !gvSIG, !ArcMap (using a plug in) or any other tool able to read the MEF format.
+ - synchronize with catalog (!GeoNetwork opensource) in two directions depending on time stamps
+ - have a mechanism to define default metadata content that is used for properties that can not be extracted directly from the resources
  - flag folders with spatial data that lack the minimum required metadata
- - platform independent
+ - platform independent (preferably written in Python, using GDAL/OGR and/or other FOSS libraries)
  - running as a deamon