1. Introduction

• Provide feedback and contribute to this site wherever you feel information is lacking, out of synch or incorrect. This is essential to successful development and use of the application. Don't hesitate to ask if things are not clear, an honest question is NEVER stupid! However, read first to avoid asking the same questions many others did before you. 
• Subscribe to the mailing lists and/or browse through the mailing list archives at http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=72096
• Report bugs, feature requests, support requests et cetera on the sourceforge project site:  GeoNetwork opensource 
• Make sure you refer to the other sections on this site to fully understand the functionality offered by the software. The other sections provide essential information for a developer to use, test and further develop the application.
  
• To better understand the application's architecture we suggest you read the Jeeves manual. This manual explains how to develop an application based on the Jeeves library, also maintained on SourceForge. GeoNetwork opensource is build using this library for most of its functionality. Jeeves takes care of managing data sources, XML transformations through XSL and stuff like starting web services.

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