[GeoNetwork-users] CSW Server

Hey folks,

I am accessing a remote installation of geonetwork and everything I've
been trying seems to work.

I was under the impression however that geonetwork would also act as an
OGC CSW server. Therefore I was also expecting to be able to send the
server a GETCAPBABILITIES and GETRECORD request.

Is this possible?

It does not seem as though the person who installed it has the example
client application. Does this application use OGC capabilities or is it
supposed to communicate with the geonetwork API...

I have seen a few older postings addressing this question. This one
suggests that the server is part of the package
http://geonetwork-opensource.org/software/geonetwork_opensource_desktop/
releases/2_1/?searchterm=csw%20server

This post seems to suggest that you can even test the CSW server
http://geonetwork-opensource.org/documentation/how-to/testing-the-ogc-cs
w-2-0-1-compliance/?searchterm=csw%20server

I am just looking for how to query the server to return an XML doc.

Any leads?

Is this a version thing? There is only CSW capabilities with 2.1?

Does 2.0 still have client abilities?

When will 2.1 become stable?

Cheers