CatMDEdit - metadata editor

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 3.6.1.1

Notes: This release contains the installers for the application CatMDEdit, version 3.6.1.1. There are two files in this release according to the installation environment: - CatMDEDit_3.6.1.1_win.exe : > version: 3.6.1.1 > operating system: Windows > application GUI language: English, French, Spanish, Polish, Czech > requirements: None. The installer includes the installation of Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment (Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2), which is needed to run the application. - CatMDEDit_3.6.1.1_jar.jar : > version: 3.6.1.1 > operating system: JAR file (platform independent) > application GUI language: English, French, Spanish, Polish, Czech > requirements: The following steps must be observed: 1. Before installing the application, a Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment (Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2) must be installed in the client machine. 2. The installation program is run by means of the following command: �java -jar CatMDEDit_3.6.1.1_jar.jar� 3. The user must introduce the executable file path of the JRE 1.4.2 interpreter (java.exe). The buttons �Search for others� and �Choose another� in the window �Choose Java Virtual Machine� will assist the user to select this path. CatMDEdit is a metadata editor tool that facilitates the documentation of resources, with special focus on the description of geographic information resources. The tool has been implemented in Java and has the following features: * Multi-platform (Windows, Unix). As it has been developed in Java and the storage of metadata records is managed directly through the file system, the application can be deployed in any platform with the minimum requirement of having installed a Java virtual machine. * Multilingual. The application has been developed following the Java internationalization methodology. Nowadays, there is a Spanish, English, French, Polish and Czech versions. With little effort, other languages can be supported. * Selection and filtering of metadata records stored in the local metadata repository. * Metadata edition in conformance with the "ISO19115. Geographic Information - Metadata" standard. Two interfaces are provided for the edition of metadata records: o A detailed interface following the ISO19115 comprehensive profile. o And a reduced interface following the "N�cleo Espa�ol de Metadatos" (NEM). NEM, a subset of ISO19115, is a recommendation under development which has been defined by the Spanish National Geographical High Board ("Consejo Superior Geogr�fico"). This subset includes all the elements defined for the ISO19115 Core metadata profile (�Core metadata for geographic datasets�). * Exchange of metadata records according to different standards and formats. o Interoperability with other metadata standards apart from ISO19115. The application allows input and output XML files in conformance with the standards CSDGM (Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, defined by U.S. FGDC), Dublin Core or MIGRA (Spanish standard for geographic information exchange). * Different styles for presentation of metadata records o For CSDGM: FGDC HTML (es,en), FAQ HTML (en), Geography Network HTML (en), ESRI HTML (es,en). o For ISO19115: HTML (es, en, fr, pl), Excel (format used for both input and output files). o For MIGRA: HTML (es). o For Dublin Core: HTML (es, en, fr, pl). * Additional tools to facilitate the edition of metadata: o Contacts repository tool. It permits the reuse of contact information (e.g. name, address, telephone �) of organizations and individuals, which must be filled in several metadata elements. Thanks to this component, the contact information about a responsible party is inserted only once and used whenever it is required. o Thesaurus tool. It enables metadata creators to use thesauri 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. o Additional tools for the selection of bounding box coordinates: coordinate conversion between different coordinate reference systems, and graphic selection of coordinates over maps. o On-line help by means of PDF visualization.

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Changes: 3.6.1 Translation to French, Polish and Czech Updated GUI for ISO19115 and NEM editor Updated NEM editor to the 1.0 version Updated HTML presentation for ISO19115 and Dublin Core standards 3.6.1.1 Corrected critial error at importation of metadata XML files Corrected Polish Translation