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Recognize GeoPortal-style service/link type code types (WMS, WFS, WCS) #43

Closed emiliom closed 10 years ago

emiliom commented 10 years ago

Added additional acceptable link type strings for WMS, WFS, WCS, based on urn code types commonly used in GeoPortal (eg, 'urn:x-esri:specification:ServiceType:Gmd:URL.wms'). All changes limited to plugin/MetaSearch/dialogs/maindialog.py, to MetaSearchDialog find_services method.

Note that I haven't tested this in QGIS! I've never done a pip/git install that replaces an installed QGIS plugin, so I'm hesitant to do it right now. But the edits are pretty simple.

tomkralidis commented 10 years ago

cc @rsignell-usgs

thanks @emiliom for the contribution. This is hot topic these days (see activity in https://github.com/OSGeo/Cat-Interop).

I'm thinking MetaSearch should decouple and make these lists configurable by the user (if the default needs to be extended), given all the variations out there (@rsignell-usgs: this is a primary example of the issue at hand :) )

emiliom commented 10 years ago

Thanks, Tom. Wow, great to see all that activity around this topic! I was about to send an email to NGDC's Anna Milan to ask for recommendations on what link types to use, given that the default urn:x-esri ones we've been running into don't seem ideal, and we were also seeing the GeoNetwork strings being used in MetaSearch. BTW, "we" here means http://portal.westcoastoceans.org, a GeoPortal-backended metadata aggregator of both individual records (eg from a WAF) and records harvested from CSW endpoints. I'm in a position to help set a standard for this US West Coast aggregator, and possibly influence our partners out here as well. Tanya Haddad (@tchaddad -- I know you've been in touch with her vis a vis pycsw) is part of this conspiracy, too. Tanya, FYI, this thread from Rich is also roughly where I was coming from, too: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/cat-interop/2014-February/000009.html

My pull requests to MetaSearch stemmed in large part from wanting to see that West Coast catalog be more helpfully accessible on MetaSearch.

I'll add myself to the Cat-Interop loop. Definitely relevant to my interoperability interests in IOOS and other circles I'm in.

BTW, most of my interoperability roads lead to @rsignell-usgs these days. Rich, is that good or bad? :)