diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4316c74..3f3b12f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ ckanext-geonetwork ================== GeoNetwork harvester for CKAN +----------------------------- + +Main purposes: +* Handle some GeoNetwork specific coding (e.g. protocol in ``onlineResource`` may map to specific ``format``, ``mimetype`` CKAN fields) +* Provide other heuristics tailored to GeoNetwork metadata handling (license, …) +* Some schemas may provide GML elements with the namespace URI ``http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2`` while the standard CKAN CSW harvester parses elements with the ``http://www.opengis.net/gml`` namespace. This should be configurable. +* Since GeoNetwork provides also front-end services, the harvester may build some extras fields containing URL pointing to well-known services.