[GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

Jacqueline.Githaiga · July 29, 2011, 6:56am

Hi List,

I am trying to figure out how versioning of metadata can be achieved in
Geonetwork.
I need to be able to track all changes in the metadata. Is there anyway to
bring up the previous versions of records? Or even possibly to show the full
history of a record?

I'm super keen to hear the options out there.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui

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Heikki_Doeleman · July 29, 2011, 8:10am

hi Jacqueline,

there is no support for versioning in GeoNetwork. Maybe you could use the change Notification function to trigger a process that automatically updates the metadata in a versioning engine such as SVN or CVS, to achieve this ?

kind regards
Heikki Doeleman

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jacqueline.Githaiga jacqueline.githaiga@anonymised.com wrote:

Hi List,

I am trying to figure out how versioning of metadata can be achieved in
Geonetwork.
I need to be able to track all changes in the metadata. Is there anyway to
bring up the previous versions of records? Or even possibly to show the full
history of a record?

I’m super keen to hear the options out there.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui

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sppigot · July 29, 2011, 8:31am

Also considering a conventional database solution by having a history table triggered from the Metadata table (as we have a need for this too) - could store 'diffs' between document versions - so probably kind of like svn but in the database. (Not really in love with databases just wondering that we already have to have one for GeoNetwork, might make sense (or maybe not!) to use it for this purpose too).

Cheers,
Simon
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Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

hi Jacqueline,

there is no support for versioning in GeoNetwork. Maybe you could use the change Notification function to trigger a process that automatically updates the metadata in a versioning engine such as SVN or CVS, to achieve this ?

kind regards
Heikki Doeleman

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jacqueline.Githaiga <jacqueline.githaiga@anonymised.com..192...> wrote:
Hi List,

I am trying to figure out how versioning of metadata can be achieved in
Geonetwork.
I need to be able to track all changes in the metadata. Is there anyway to
bring up the previous versions of records? Or even possibly to show the full
history of a record?

I'm super keen to hear the options out there.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui

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Kumaran_Narayanaswam · July 29, 2011, 11:45am

You can check if PostGIS Versioning works out for your requirement (This is
an experimental version)

http://www.kappasys.ch/cms/index.php?id=23&L=5

Regards
Kumaran

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Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

Also considering a conventional database solution by having a history table
triggered from the Metadata table (as we have a need for this too) - could
store 'diffs' between document versions - so probably kind of like svn but
in the database. (Not really in love with databases just wondering that we
already have to have one for GeoNetwork, might make sense (or maybe not!) to
use it for this purpose too).

Cheers,
Simon
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Sent: Friday, 29 July 2011 6:10 PM
To: Githaiga, Jacqueline (CESRE, Kensington)
Cc: geonetwork-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

hi Jacqueline,

there is no support for versioning in GeoNetwork. Maybe you could use the
change Notification function to trigger a process that automatically updates
the metadata in a versioning engine such as SVN or CVS, to achieve this ?

kind regards
Heikki Doeleman

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jacqueline.Githaiga
<jacqueline.githaiga@anonymised.com> wrote:
Hi List,

I am trying to figure out how versioning of metadata can be achieved in
Geonetwork.
I need to be able to track all changes in the metadata. Is there anyway to
bring up the previous versions of records? Or even possibly to show the full
history of a record?

I'm super keen to hear the options out there.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui

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Hockaday_John · August 1, 2011, 12:20am

Hi Simon and Jacqueline,

This will also be handy when GeoNetwork is used as a Registry. According to ISO 19135 a history of the changes should be maintained.

Thanks.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon.Pigot@anonymised.com [mailto:Simon.Pigot@anonymised.com]
Sent: Friday, 29 July 2011 6:31 PM
To: tropicano@anonymised.com; Jacqueline.Githaiga@anonymised.com
Cc: geonetwork-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

Also considering a conventional database solution by having a
history table triggered from the Metadata table (as we have a
need for this too) - could store 'diffs' between document
versions - so probably kind of like svn but in the database.
(Not really in love with databases just wondering that we
already have to have one for GeoNetwork, might make sense (or
maybe not!) to use it for this purpose too).

Cheers,
Simon
________________________________________
From: heikki [tropicano@anonymised.com]
Sent: Friday, 29 July 2011 6:10 PM
To: Githaiga, Jacqueline (CESRE, Kensington)
Cc: geonetwork-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

hi Jacqueline,

there is no support for versioning in GeoNetwork. Maybe you
could use the change Notification function to trigger a
process that automatically updates the metadata in a
versioning engine such as SVN or CVS, to achieve this ?

kind regards
Heikki Doeleman

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jacqueline.Githaiga
<jacqueline.githaiga@anonymised.com> wrote:
Hi List,

I am trying to figure out how versioning of metadata can be
achieved in
Geonetwork.
I need to be able to track all changes in the metadata. Is
there anyway to
bring up the previous versions of records? Or even possibly
to show the full
history of a record?

I'm super keen to hear the options out there.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui

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Jacqueline.Githaiga · August 2, 2011, 1:39am

Thanks for the responses all.

Really liking the ideas that have been put across on this email thread.
I was also thinking along the same lines of Heikki and Simon.
As Simon said,"probably kind of like svn but in the database"

There seems to be interest in the idea of versioning the metadata record
and its looks like it aligns well with the future direction of Geonetwork.

Thanks again for the comments and ideas.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui.

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Subject: RE: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi Simon and Jacqueline,

This will also be handy when GeoNetwork is used as a Registry. According to ISO 19135 a history of the changes should be maintained.

Thanks.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon.Pigot@anonymised.com [mailto:Simon.Pigot@anonymised.com]
Sent: Friday, 29 July 2011 6:31 PM
To: tropicano@anonymised.com; Jacqueline.Githaiga@anonymised.com
Cc: geonetwork-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

Also considering a conventional database solution by having a
history table triggered from the Metadata table (as we have a
need for this too) - could store 'diffs' between document
versions - so probably kind of like svn but in the database.
(Not really in love with databases just wondering that we
already have to have one for GeoNetwork, might make sense (or
maybe not!) to use it for this purpose too).

Cheers,
Simon
________________________________________
From: heikki [tropicano@anonymised.com]
Sent: Friday, 29 July 2011 6:10 PM
To: Githaiga, Jacqueline (CESRE, Kensington)
Cc: geonetwork-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] Versioning metadata record

hi Jacqueline,

there is no support for versioning in GeoNetwork. Maybe you
could use the change Notification function to trigger a
process that automatically updates the metadata in a
versioning engine such as SVN or CVS, to achieve this ?

kind regards
Heikki Doeleman

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jacqueline.Githaiga
<jacqueline.githaiga@anonymised.com> wrote:
Hi List,

I am trying to figure out how versioning of metadata can be
achieved in
Geonetwork.
I need to be able to track all changes in the metadata. Is
there anyway to
bring up the previous versions of records? Or even possibly
to show the full
history of a record?

I'm super keen to hear the options out there.

Kind Regards,
Jacqui

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