[ckan-dev] Harvesting metadata and ISO19139

Thu Sep 26 14:14:03 UTC 2013

for the record, the full set of ISO19139 xsd schemas, as used in the OGC
services, are also available on the OGC portal:
http://schemas.opengis.net/iso/19139/

--p.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:22 PM, David Read
<david.read at hackneyworkshop.com>wrote:

> Ryan,
>
> I'm no expert, but the ISO19139 spec is available to buy (!):
>
>
> http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=32557
>
> although the XML schema is downloadable:
>
> https://marinemetadata.org/references/iso19139
>
> Conceivably you could write ISO19139 documents using that schema
> plugged into a good XML editor e.g. XML Spy. But you're probably
> better off using software written for spatial metadata, and I think
> the biggies are: Esri (ArcCatalog?) and GeoNetworks (free).
>
> In the UK, public spatial data is catalogued in the GEMINI2 format
> which is compatible with ISO19139, only with stricter schemas. UK
> Location currently provides a downloadable version of GeoNetworks with
> configuration for this format, plus a user guide, which might be of
> interest:
> http://data.gov.uk/library/uk-location-metadata-editor-user-guide
> http://data.gov.uk/library/uk-location-metadata-editor-download
> (The guide also mentions an online version of it, but you won't have
> access to that)
>
> David
>
> On 25 September 2013 16:00, Ryan Maine <balrogmi at msn.com> wrote:
> > Maybe I didn't explain my problem clearly enough. I'll try to ask in
> > another way for better understanding:
> >
> > - I installed harvest and spatial extensions
> > - I tried a csw source from data.gov and it works fine importing the
> > datasets to my site:
> > http://catalog.data.gov/harvest/about/oer-geoportal --> perfect!
> > - Now I want to define a waf source. This source consists in a folder
> > that contains several xml files
> > - The question is: what structure/schema does each xml need to
> > complain in order to be harvested? I'm asking about the skeleton
> >
> > Documentation talks about ISO19139, but what exactly is it? Is there
> > any document that describes the list of labels, properties, attributes
> > of an iso19139 xml-complaint document???
> >
> >
> > By the way, I tried also a WAF source from data.gov:
> > http://arcticlcc.org/metadata --> but it fails with "Transformation to
> > ISO failed"
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> >
> > 2013/9/16 Ryan Maine <balrogmi at msn.com>:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Regarding to spatial harvesters, how can I write metadata documents
> >> based in ISO19139? I don't know this standard. Where can I found
> >> information about this standard in order to know how to write properly
> >> documents in a WAF folder?
> >>
> >> I also took a look to some harvester sources at data.gov. For example:
> >> http://catalog.data.gov/harvest/about/oer-geoportal
> >>
> >> What's the config field used for? How many different parameters can I
> >> pass to the harvester in the config field? At data.gov most of times I
> >> see "{"private_datasets": false}", is there any more parameters?
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot
> >
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