[OSGeo-Announce] pycsw Graduates OSGeo Incubation

OSGeo is pleased to announce that the pycsw [1] project has graduated
from incubation [2] and is now a full fledged OSGeo project. Angelos
Tzotsos [3], a long time member of the pycsw Project Steering
Committee (PSC) [4] has been appointed as project officer.

pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python. pycsw
implements clause 10 (HTTP protocol binding - Catalogue Services for
the Web, CSW) of the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation
Specification, version 2.0.2. Started in 2010 (more formally announced
in 2011), pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial
metadata, providing a standards-based metadata and catalogue component
of spatial data infrastructures. The project is certified OGC
Compliant, and is an OGC Reference Implementation. pycsw is Open
Source, released under an MIT license, and runs on all major platforms
(Windows, Linux, Mac OS X).

The project powers numerous high profile activities such as US
data.gov/geoplatform.gov, Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), US
National Geothermal Data System (NGDS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the WMO World Ozone and
Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) [5].

Graduating incubation [2] includes fulfilling requirements for open
community operation, a responsible project governance model, code
provenance, and general good project operation. Graduation is the
OSGeo seal of approval for a project and gives potential users and the
community at large an added confidence in the viability and safety of
the project.

The project steering committee says, "The pycsw team is thrilled to be
recognized as a full OSGeo project. Being part of OSGeo is important
for us since OSGeo supports the collaborative development of open
source geospatial software. There have been strong ties between the
two communities with pycsw developers being involved as charter
members, represented in local OSGeo chapters and helping with various
FOSS4G activities. We are very happy to be included as part of OSGeo
and a member of such an esteemed group of projects."

Jeff McKenna [6], mentor of the incubation process says: "It has been
a pleasure to work with the pycsw team throughout this process. pycsw
complements the OSGeo stack with a lightweight method to share and
discover geospatial data. I want to thank the pycsw team for their
continued passion for FOSS4G."

OSGeo and pycsw would also like to thank Jeff McKenna and Jody Garnett
for their assistance during this Incubation process.

Congratulations to the pycsw community!

* [1] http://pycsw.org
* [2] http://www.osgeo.org/incubator
* [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos
* [4] http://pycsw.org/community/psc.html
* [5] http://pycsw.org/community
* [6] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna