| 1 | :Author: OSGeo-Live
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| 2 | :Author: Tom Kralidis, Angelos Tzotsos
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| 3 | :Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, LISAsoft
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| 4 | :Version: osgeo-live5.0
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| 5 | :License: Creative Commons
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| 6 |
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| 7 | .. _pycsw-quickstart:
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| 8 |
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| 9 | .. image:: ../../images/project_logos/logo-pycsw.png
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| 10 | :scale: 100 %
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| 11 | :alt: project logo
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| 12 | :align: right
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| 13 | :target: http://pycsw.org/
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| 14 |
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| 15 | ********************************************************************************
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| 16 | pycsw Quickstart
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| 17 | ********************************************************************************
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| 18 |
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| 19 | pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in `Python`_.
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| 20 |
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| 21 | pycsw implements clause 10 (HTTP protocol binding (Catalogue Services for the Web, CSW)) of the `OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification`_, version 2.0.2. Initial development started in 2010 (more formally announced in `2011`_).
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| 23 | pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata. Existing repositories of geospatial metadata can be exposed via OGC:CSW 2.0.2.
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| 24 |
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| 25 | pycsw is `Open Source`_, released under an MIT :ref:`license <license>`, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X).
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| 26 |
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| 27 | pycsw is an optional install on the OSGeo LiveDVD. This QuickStart will describe how to enable pycsw display the testing interface and access the pycsw endpoint.
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| 28 |
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| 29 | Installation
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| 30 | ============
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| 31 |
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| 32 | To install pycsw, TODO (how do we install?)
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| 33 |
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| 34 | Tester
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| 35 | ======
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| 36 |
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| 37 | To run the pycsw tester, open Firefox and navigate to http://localhost/pycsw/tester/index.html
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| 38 |
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| 39 | .. image:: /path/to/pycsw_tester.png
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| 40 |
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| 41 | The capabilities of the pycsw installation can be found at http://localhost/pycsw/csw.py?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetCapabilities.
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| 42 |
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| 43 | .. image:: /path/to/pycsw_getcapabilities_response.png
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| 44 |
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| 45 | For full functionality, configuration options, and adding metadata to the catalogue, please consult the `documentation`_ on the pycsw website.
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| 46 |
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| 47 | .. _`Python`: http://www.python.org/
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| 48 | .. _`OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification`: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/cat
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| 49 | .. _`2011`: http://www.kralidis.ca/blog/2011/02/04/help-wanted-baking-a-csw-server-in-python/
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| 50 | .. _`Open Source`: http://www.opensource.org/
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| 51 | .. _`documentation`: http://pycsw.org/documentation.html
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