2. The team:
• Andy Marshall
• Martin Capobianco
• Aaron Sedgmen
• Belle Tissott
• Simon Pigot (CSIRO)
• Nicholas Car
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3. eCat March 2017
The story so far…
• Program Darwin
• Needed to replace the existing product catalogue with an
ISO19115-1 Standards compliant product
• Our first attempt
• Large scope
• Bespoke solution
• The simple approach
• Smaller scope
• GeoNetwork solution (open source)
• Ability to continually enhance
4. So how did we go about it?
• Open source
• Based on ISO 19115 standard
• Configurable (by us)
• User friendly
• Simple search interface
• No special login (single sign on)
• User acceptance testing
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6. It can’t get much simpler to create a record…
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7. We know how much you like entering metadata…
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• Creates the catalogue number on entry
• Saves with tab change
• Only the elements required for standards compliance
• You can create templates for repetitive entries
8. And after entering your metadata, you can validate…
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• Some “geek speak”, plans to convert
to more user friendly descriptions
• Three green boxes are good
9. But how do we force people to use this?
• Governance
• Tools
• Ease of completion
• And look intimidating
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10. What’s next?
• Release to the cloud (Amazon) in March (Just completed)!
• Improve the Help Documentation
• Enhance the look and feel of the interface
• User input to iron out any bugs
• Share with other Agencies (github)
• More automation
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