[GeoNetwork-users] CSW client to add service

[John C. <joh...@ud...>]

I am using the CSW capability of GeoNetwork 2.8 (nightly build from
December 2012).  I can connect fine and see a list of metadata entries that
match my search criteria.  For the returned records that are services, I
would like to add them directly to my GIS as WMS or WFS.  For example, I
use the desktop QGIS CSW client.

My metadata entries, like I suppose with many others, have the
hierarchyLevel for both "dataset" and "service" defined (see below).  The
ones with service also have both WMS and WFS services defined (also see
below).  What do I need in the metadata to allow direct addition of the WMS
services defined in the metadata to a GIS desktop?

<gmd:hierarchyLevel>
    <gmd:MD_ScopeCode codeList="
http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/Codelist/ML_gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode
" codeListValue="service" codeSpace="ISOTC211/19115"/>
</gmd:hierarchyLevel>

<gmd:hierarchyLevel>
    <gmd:MD_ScopeCode codeList="
http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/Codelist/ML_gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode
" codeListValue="dataset" codeSpace="ISOTC211/19115"/>
</gmd:hierarchyLevel>

...and...

    <gmd:transferOptions>
        <gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
            <gmd:onLine>
                <gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
                    <gmd:linkage>
                        <gmd:URL>http://maps.dgs.udel.edu/geoserver/dgs/ows
?</gmd:URL>
                    </gmd:linkage>
                    <gmd:protocol>

<gco:CharacterString>OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map</gco:CharacterString>
                    </gmd:protocol>
                    <gmd:name>

<gco:CharacterString>de_geology_100k_contacts</gco:CharacterString>
                    </gmd:name>
                    <gmd:description gco:nilReason="missing">
                        <gco:CharacterString/>
                    </gmd:description>
                </gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
            </gmd:onLine>
        </gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
    </gmd:transferOptions>


Thanks for your help.

- John


John Callahan
Research Scientist
Delaware Geological Survey
University of Delaware
http://www.dgs.udel.edu
joh...@ud...