[GSDI Technical] Fwd: [metadata] New release of opensource application ServiceCube

[Douglas Nebert]

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Subject: 	[metadata] New release of opensource application ServiceCube
Date: 	Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:00:03 +0200
From: 	Rocío Recio <rociorm at unizar.es>
To: 	metadata at lists.thinkburst.com



Dear all,

We proudly announce that the new application ServiceCube is officially
available under an open source license. ServiceCube is the new name for
the software formerly known as CatMDServices.

It is an initiative of the National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN),
which is the result of the scientific and technical collaboration
between IGN and the Advanced Information Systems Group (IAAA) of the
University of Zaragoza with the technical support of GeoSpatiumLab (GSL).

ServiceCube is a Web application for describing and searching web
services by means of metadata. The tool has been implemented with J2EE
and GWT technology and has the following features:

- Multi-platform (Windows, Unix). As it has been developed with J2EE and
the storage of metadata records is managed directly through the file
system, the application can be deployed in any platform with the
requirements of having installed Tomcat and a Java virtual machine. On
the client side users only need a web browser with Javascript support.
- Multilingual. The application has been developed following the Java
internationalization methodology. Nowadays, there is support for
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and the Basque
language. With little effort, other languages can be supported.
-Description of services by means of metadata in compliance with the
metadata implementing rules of the INSPIRE directive. The metadata model
proposed follows the guidelines for mapping the metadata implementing
rules to ISO 19115/19119.
- Web services searching of metadata stored in the local metadata
repository according to different criteria such as the geographic
extension of the data provided by the service, the keywords, the service
type or the services provider.
- Automatic metadata generation from the "getCapabilities" operation
supported by a service that complies with the OGC Specifications (WMS,
CSW, WFS, WCS or WPS).
- Thesaurus and controlled list utilities to facilitate the edition of
metadata. This enables metadata creators to use them in order to fill in
some metadata elements. The use of controlled keywords facilitates the
mapping between a selected vocabulary and a large collection of records.
- On-line help.

ServiceCube can be downloaded from Sourceforge at the following web site:
http://spatiumcube.sourceforge.net/components.html

Best regards,

Rocío

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   Grupo de Sistemas de Información Avanzados (IAAA)
   Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas
   Centro Politécnico Superior, Universidad de Zaragoza
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