Pycsw


Pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python.

Background

pycsw fully implements the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification . Initial development started in 2010. The project is certified OGC Compliant, and is an OGC Reference Implementation. Since 2015, pycsw is an official OSGeo Project.
pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata via numerous APIs. Existing repositories of geospatial metadata can also be exposed, providing a standards-based metadata and catalogue component of spatial data infrastructures.

Deployment

pycsw is used in government, academia and industry, and powers the Geoplatform.gov and Data.gov CSW services. Data.gov is the home of the U.S. Government’s open data. pycsw can be deployed both as a standalone and embedded component in geospatial data portal applications such as CKAN, , and .

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