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How does geoNetwork work

geoNetwork is a geographical catalog that works as a geographic data portal. It has all the basic features of a catalog: Search data, preview metadata, preview geographical data on a map and link to the source of the data.

You can find the full documentation here.

How to import and export data

Import

For import, we have three alternatives:

• CSW-t OGC standard
• geoNetwork API For simplicity, geoNetwork has an API that allows users to import and export data easily.
• Harvesting geoNetwork can import periodically data from different standard sources. More info here.

Export

For export, we can also use the same OGC standard or the xml services.

Cobweb Workflow

The following are actions that can be done on the geoNetwork portal.

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Registration / Login

Create new Survey (Survey Master)

Create new Session (Survey Master)

Join Survey or Session (User)

Grant access to Survey or Session (Survey Master)

Download App Forms (User)

Upload Data (User)

Search for Data (User)

Specific modifications for Cobweb

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LDAP configuration

Shibboleth configuration