GeoNetwork opensource 2.2.0

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Release Notes

The software provides an easy to use web interface to search geospatial data across multiple catalogs, combine distributed map services in the embedded map viewer, send annotated interactive maps to friends by email, publish geospatial data using the online metadata editing tools and optionally the embedded GeoServer map server. Administrators have the option to manage user and group accounts, configure the server through web based and desktop utilities and schedule metadata harvesting from other catalogs.
 
You will find support for a number of metadata formats (ISO19115/19119 following ISO19139, FGDC and Dublin Core), a number of catalog interfaces (CSW2.0 ISO profile client and server, OAI-PMH client and server, GeoRSS server, GEO OpenSearch server, WebDAV harvesting, GeoNetwork to GeoNetwork harvesting support).
 
A single, platform independent installer allows to install and run the software on a PC or a server on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The installer can be downloaded as an executable Windows file or as a platform independent .jar installer. It creates a Start menu on Windows computers. Command line installations are also possible for remote installations. Please refer to chapter 6 of the manual for detailed installation instructions.
 
The GeoNetwork community has been expanding quickly over the last years. The current release has been possible because of all those that contributed to the project through code contributions, testing, bug reports and fixes as well as many suggestions. 
 
This release is also the milestone for the Open Source Geospatial Foudation (OSGeo, http://www.osgeo.org) incubation process the project is going through. The GeoNetwork Project Steering Committee will now ask OSGeo to graduate the project.
 
Thanks and congratulations to the all community members!
 
Enjoy! 
Jeroen Ticheler

Change log

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=== GeoNetwork 2.2.0 Final: List of changes
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--- Known issues
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- On some Windows systems, installing in the default Program files folder causes
  a stylesheet compilation error. The workaround is to install in a directory
  without spaces in the folder names. E.g. in c:\geonetwork

- In Postgresql an error occurs related to type casting while migrating from
  version 2.0.3. Using the older version of the jdbc driver version 7.4 seems
  to resolve this problem for Postgres v7 and v8.x. The old driver can be found
  at http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html#archived

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--- Changes
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- Sample metadata is now an option in the package selection panel

- The commandline installation using the install script generated by the
  installer is working again.
 
- Upgraded IzPack version. Debug information using -DTRACE=true now available
  (see documentation on "Commandline installation").
 
- Presentation updates for embedded metadata show.

- Simplification of the presentation of the metadata using 'fieldset' instead of
  dotted lines to display metadata blocks

- upgraded Jeeves and related commons-fileupload-1.2.1.jar

- Label updates for French and English

- Updated map services list

- Start GeoNetwork headless (prevent pop-up Java windows)

- Improved JavaDoc

- GAST: Changed the delete table order to respect constraints

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--- Bug fixes
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- Fix for internet exploder upload problem

- GAST: Fix the way the metadata owner is calculated during migration

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=== GeoNetwork 2.2.0 RC2: List of changes
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--- New
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- Migration of all documentation into DocBook based on the Apache Velocity
  DocBook framework. All documentation is now written in DocBook format and
  build into HTML and PDF output using Ant.
 
- RESTful URL to metadata resources using URLs formatted as:
    http://mysite.org/geonetwork?uuid=xxx-xxx-xxx
   
- uuid can be used to show a record. This is now used for RSS feeds, KML, latest
  updates and searches
 
- Added Social Bookmarking links to delicious, digg, stumbleupon and facebook
  (not visible for resources on local machine (localhost, 127.0.0.1)

- Added Send by email link for metadata records
  (not visible for resources on local machine (localhost, 127.0.0.1)
 
- Add push pins with comments on InterMap. The markers can be edited and are
  stored in GeoRSS format within the Web Map Context document and in the HTML
  email users can send to friends.
 
- Add and remove parent - child relations between metadata records. (No GUI is
  provided with this service and the functionality relates to the already
  existing xml.relation.get search function)
 
- Added local GeoServer link to InterMap default list of map servers.

- Added support for PHRASE, OR and WITHOUT queries (for now hidden in search
  form, but can easily be made visible)
     
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--- Changes
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- Improved RSS feeds on search and latest updates are consolidated
  (use same templates for output of items)
 
- Updates to documentation

- Improved error reporting in AJAX interface

- Minor translation updates

- Improved email message send out by InterMap with Web Map Context document

- language support and simplified messaging to the validation output

- Changed startup scripts for Windows to hide (or allow to hide) the dos window.

- GeoRSS opens in new browser window

- Added SMTP port to WMC mail function

- Hide sub-template elements (option and title) for 2.2RC2

- Add debug parameter to avoid popup alerts on InterMap for operational
  deployments.
 
- Renamed gast startup files. Makes it slightly easier to run
  start-geonetwork.sh from terminal on a *NIX machine.
 
- Small updates in shortcut menus

- Added a docs context as part of the Jetty configuration.

- Added "label for" for checkbox elements to be able to check boxes when
  clicking the label
 
- Added some gml labels for nicer display and editing.

- Upgrade Lucene to version 2.3.0

- Change of content type for RSS services

- Automatically open the map viewer when a WMC context is given in the URL.

- Updated help on Localization interface

- Cleanup OnlineResources display to prevent display of download and interactive
  map buttons when no URL is actually found in the metadata
 
- Added warning & help to the categories and groups admin forms

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- Fixed geographic search (communication between small map AoI and dropdown
  list, added User defined as an option to dropdown)
 
- Fix problem retrieving string from editor.xml that causes internet exploder
  to choke on tooltips for elements without a help string
 
- Retrieve the keywords relevant to the record in preparing brief summary xml

- Fix for the info request to a WMS service

- Feedback fix (feedback was not processed by application)

- Fixes for attributeGroup inheritance and automatic srsName. Added support for
  the srsName attribute in gml featuretypes for display and editing the Extent
  as an EX_BoundingPolygon.

- Fixed #55 adding an observer for Enter key on main.home page

- Fixed #44 switch lower/upper corners of geokeywords
 
- MySQL longtext fix to avoid truncated metadata records

- Initial minimap extent is now set to the union of the bboxes of all the
  displayed layers.

- Ensure UUIDs are stored in lower case

- Copy attributes before inserting new fileIdentifier element

- Fix for IE: clicking on a marker now opens its info panel.

- Fixed: Layer list not displayed in IE.

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--- Known issues
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- default settings reset function in advanced search not in synch with
  application defaults (fixed for Final Release)

- Namespace issue for some labels in languages other than English in
  ISO19115/19139 (fixed for Final Release)

- Some missing labels for Dublin Core fields in languages other than English
  (fixed for Final Release)

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=== GeoNetwork 2.2.0 RC1: List of changes
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--- Changes
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- Removed version number from image for easy maintenance

- Updated and new logos for different harvesting types

- Added a default bounding box to the DC template

- Added description that suggests how to fill in the bounding box in DC

- Slightly improved the content type filter, removing the list box with unusual
  content types (protocols)
 
- Aligned default values with interface for content types

- Added extra debug logging, Added JavaDoc comments to Search constants,
    Rearranged constants, Added comments to Lucene index files
   
- Build file for docbook documentation

InterMap:

- Add the Extension element only when needed to Web Map Context

- Temporary paths are now relative to the intermap servlet directory or
  absolute to the file system

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--- Bugs fixed
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- Fix to allow search for all metadata in the catalog, including those that do
  not contain a bounding box. Now the BBOX and region code are not included in
  the query when the Region field is set to '- Any -' 
 
- Skip alphanumeric validation to ensure all type of servlet names are allowed
  e.g. mysub/geonetwork or just /

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=== GeoNetwork 2.2.0 RC0: List of changes
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- Added User Quick Start Guide in pdf form

- Added direct link to open WMS services in Google Earth

- Added schematron validation

- Added OAI-PMH server protocol

- Added OAI-PMH harvesting type

- Added 'portal.get' and 'portal.sources' services

- GAST : Added console logging

- Added search criteria for downloadable and interactive maps

- Added text only search results for low bandwitdh connections

- Added metadata popularity concept (used to sort search results)

- Added metadata rating system (used to sort search results). It is possible
  to rate remote metadata harvested using the geonetwork's harvesting type.

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--- Changes
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- Added new link following Atom / RSS type of structures

- Removed Oracle JDBC driver due to license incompatibility.
  Driver can be downloaded from Oracle Technology Network by the user.
 
- All headers of Java classes have been checked and GNU-GPL license and
  copyright statements have been added where missing.
 
- GeoRSS output for search and latest updates have been harmonized.
  Both now support georss:box, georss:point or georss:where with a gml:Envelope
  output for the geo part.
 
- Added mapServer.xml configuration files that were missing in SVN, but were
  in the release.
 
- Added 'sources' to search summary

- Now the mef.export service is accessible to users. Export is limited by metadata
  privileges.

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--- Bugs fixed
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- Fixed the date range search in advanced search

- Fixed transfer ownership bug: the target group was not properly set

- GAST : Fixed path in the migration procedure. Added the possibility to migrate
  GeoNetworks running on Tomcat.

- LDAP : passwords are now scrambled. Avoided admin login

- Editor : Fixed upload bug

- Fixed bug in privileges management : it was not possible to clear privileges
  for administrators and reviewer that were metadata owners

- Fixed NullPointerException in HTTP transaction handler in InterMap

- Fixed Windows installation problem with incorrect JRE requirements on install
  of the version that includes a JRE
 
- Fixed appearing and then disappearing metadata display in IE7

- Fixed some bugs to geonetwork 2.0 harvesting type

- Fixed thumbnails display on metadata harvested from a geonetwork 2.0 node

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--- Known issues
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- Some of the metadata display links do not open as embedded view while they should

- The Map Viewer "Add note" function is not fully functional yet

- The overview map does not automatically refresh when adding a new layer from the metadata