[GeoNetwork-users] Ancilliary datasets [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi Oscar,

Theoretically you should have metadata records for all the datasets and the
series. You are then *supposed* to use the parentIdentifier to link from the
child 'dataset' metadata records to the parent 'series' metadata record.
However, I do not think that there is a method of doing this in GeoNetwork.
Maybe someone would like to implement this? ;--)

Alternatively, you can use the "aggregationInfo" role to show a relationship
between the series and datasets. However, (you are probably getting sick of
all these "however"s) I don't think that there is a physical way to do these
links. I think that there should be an element in MD_AggregationInformation
called something like 'aggregationMetadataURL'. This would then allow a
hypertext link between the metadata records.

I also think that there should be an extra element in the MD_Metadata class
called something like 'metadataURL'. Just after fileIdentifier would be a
good spot. This would then allow hypertext links between metadata records.

I know that this only partially helps with your situation but maybe we could
suggest this to the ISO 19115 editing committee at some stage. I usually
find that implementation of standards is the first time when we see
deficiencies in those standards. ;--)

Thanks.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Gomez [mailto:ogomez2@anonymised.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2008 8:10 PM
To: Hockaday John
Cc: Hunter Tony; geonetwork-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Ancilliary datasets [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi John,

Thank you! Yes, I fully agree. Now, how can I actually link them? And is it
possible to navigate this relationship inside GeoNetwork?

Best,

Oscar

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:02 AM, <John.Hockaday@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi Oscar,

It sounds to me that AM - administrative boundaries is a hierarchyLevel of
'series' and the other titles (AM1990, AM1993 ...) are datasets.

Thanks.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Gomez [mailto:ogomez2@anonymised.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2008 12:53 AM
To: Hunter Tony
Cc: geonetwork-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Ancilliary datasets [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi François,

Did you finally managed to include the parentIdentifier? Is
it on the SVN
version?

By the way, is there any plan for adding a "version" element?
I mean, if you
have for example a dataset (let's call it AM - administrative
boundaries),
that is being updated over time, so you have different
versions of the same
dataset, corresponding to different times (AM1990, AM1993,
AM2001, AM2002,
...), is there any chance in GeoNetwork to have this
relationship, so you
can navigate from version to version? I would call it
"historical versions".

Thanks in advance,

Oscar

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:04 AM, <Tony.Hunter@anonymised.com> wrote:

> Hi Francois,
>
>
>
> That sounds like great work I would definitely be
interested in using it.
>
>
>
> The reason I added the additional field was so I could find
*any* record
> related in a series of records i.e not just the nearest
relative. This is a
> type of recursive call.
>
>
>
> We want to be able to notify programmatically when
component datasets, in a
> series, are updated.
>
>
>
> Are you considering providing methods for calling the
functionality you
> described, or will it only be available manually?
>
>
>
> Tony Hunter
>
> GIS Professional - Asia Pacific (GISP - Asia Pacific)
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francois-Xavier Prunayre [mailto:

> francois-xavier.prunayre@anonymised.com]
> Sent: Friday, 4 July 2008 5:58 PM
> To: Oscar Gomez; Hunter Tony
> Cc: geonetwork-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Ancilliary datasets
[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>
>
>
> Hi Tony and Oscar,
>
>
>
> On ven, 2008-07-04 at 09:49 +0200, Oscar Gomez wrote:
>
> > Hi Tony,
>
> >
>
> > Thank you for the tip. For me that workaround you're
implementing will
>
> > definitely work. I think it's the only way through.
>
> we are also working on managing parent/child relationship
in GeoNetwork.
>
>
>
> What has been made so far:
>
> * in the editor, added a popup to the parentIdentifier
field in order
>
> to do a search in the local catalogue and set the
parentIdentifier to
>
> the uuid of the selected record.
>
> * in the metadata view, added an hyperlink to go to the
metadata of the
>
> parent (using the uuid)
>
> * in the index, allow search on parentIdentifier in order
to search for
>
> child
>
> * in the search results, added a button to search for child of each
>
> records.
>
>
>
> This is still under development but will be able to share
this in the
>
> comming weeks.
>
>
>
> Tony, why did you add a column to the table ?
>
>
>
> Ciao. Francois
>
>
>
> >
>
> > Once you have implemented it at database level, do you
have implemented
>
> > something at presentation level (I mean, on the web
interface) for being
>
> > able to navigate from one metadata to his parent (or
derived) dataset(s)?
>
> >
>
> > Best Regards,
>
> >
>
> > Oscar
>
> >
>
> >
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> > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:34 AM, <Tony.Hunter@anonymised.com> wrote:
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>
> > > Hi Oscar,
>
> > >
>
> > > I'm interested in doing the same type of operation.
>
> > > However the methods I'm using at the moment is by using
> parentIdentifier as
>
> > > the link to a series of metadata records.
>
> > >
>
> > > This is a bit clunky and I'm implementing it at the
database level by
>
> > > including a separate column in the metadata table
called parent_id. I
> can
>
> > > then easily find all metadata records that are in the series.
>
> > >
>
> > > This is just a work around that hopefully will be addressed more
> elegantly
>
> > > in
>
> > > the future.
>
> > >
>
> > > Tony Hunter
>
> > > GIS Professional - Asia Pacific (GISP - Asia Pacific)
>
> > > Risk & Impact Analysis Group
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> > > Geospatial & Earth Monitoring Division
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> > >
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> > >
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > From: geonetwork-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> > > [mailto:geonetwork-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net]
On Behalf Of
> Oscar
>
> > > Gomez
>
> > > Sent: Friday, 4 July 2008 4:49 PM
>
> > > To: Hockaday John
>
> > > Cc: geonetwork-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> > > Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Ancilliary datasets
[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>
> > >
>
> > > Hi John,
>
> > >
>
> > > It's ok, I was just wondering whether it was possible or not.
>
> > >
>
> > > So thank you for your answer, it saved a lot of time of
searching,
> reading,
>
> > > and testing.
>
> > >
>
> > > Best,
>
> > >
>
> > > Oscar
>
> > >
>
> > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:51 AM, <John.Hockaday@anonymised.com> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > > Hi Oscar,
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Officially "no" but it looks like there is a need in
the revised ISO
>
> > > 19115
>
> > > > metadata standard for something like
"metadataFileIdentifier" in the
>
> > > > "LI_Source" that could have an "xlink" attribute to
link to the full
>
> > > > metadata
>
> > > > record.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Sorry I can't give you a "yes".
>
> > > >
>
> > > >
>
> > > > John
>
> > > >
>
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > > > From: geonetwork-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
>
> > > > > [mailto:geonetwork-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On
>
> > > > > Behalf Of Oscar Gomez
>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:05 PM
>
> > > > > To: Geonetwork Users
>
> > > > > Subject: [GeoNetwork-users] Ancilliary datasets
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Hi!
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > I have one question. With ISO19139, under lineage, you can
>
> > > > > specify that for
>
> > > > > creating a dataset, other datasets as "source" have
been used.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > If the "source" metadata would already exist in GeoNetwork,
>
> > > > > is there any
>
> > > > > chance to point (and hyperlink) to the source
dataset from the
> current
>
> > > > > metadata? I would like to be able to "trace upstream" to the
> original
>
> > > > > datasets.
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Oscar
>
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