Re: [GeoNetwork-users] CSW GetRecords and CSW GetRecordsByID for multilingual metadata

[Francois P. <fx....@gm...>]

Hi Tom,

2011/6/28 Kralidis,Tom [Ontario] <Tom...@ec...>:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Francois Prunayre [mailto:fx....@gm...]
>> Sent: Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:03
>> To: mmarco
>> Cc: geo...@li...
>> Subject: Re: [GeoNetwork-users] CSW GetRecords and CSW
>> GetRecordsByID for multilingual metadata
>>
>> Hi Montse,
>>
>> 2011/6/28 mmarco <mma...@ya...>:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a question related to CSW behaviour with
>> multilingual metadata.
>> >
>> > I think that Geonetwork handles multilanguage metadata
>> quite nice: for
>> > instance, if I open GN and I choose the catalan language
>> and I search
>> > for metadata, the multilingual metadata are shown in
>> catalan (that is,
>> > the catalan "locale" metadata branches are shown instead of the
>> > default language branches), if I change GN to french
>> language, and I
>> > search for metadata, the multilingual metadata are shown in
>> french (that is, the french "locale"
>> > branches are shown instead of the default language
>> branches),and so on.
>> >
>> > The question is, how can I get the same behaviour with *CSW
>> *'*GetRecords*'
>> > and '*GetRecordsByID*'. Can anybody give me some advice how
>> to write
>> > the two POST messages to receive the multilingual metadata
>> *only in a
>> > specified "locale" language* like the GN interface provides?
>> Use the english CSW entry point
>> http://localhost:8080/geonetwork/srv/en/csw
>> or the french
>> http://localhost:8080/geonetwork/srv/fr/csw
>> or others
>>
>> and if CSW requests ask for dublincore output, you'll get
>> metadata content according to the entry point URL (like in the GUI).
>>
>> If you ask for ISO record in output, then the client has to
>> look for the translation in the ISO PT_FreeText elements.
>>
>
> Francois: does GN CSW accept the Accept-Languages HTTP header?
No AFAIK.

> I'm also
> guessing one can do this with a filter against apiso:Language (for
> APISO).
Then you make a query on the language criteria but does not do any
filter on the content returned by the CSW response.

Cheers.

Francois
>
> ..Tom
>