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Dear all,

We're proud to announce the release of GeoNetwork opensource 2.4.0. 
This is a major release for the project.

GeoNetwork opensource ( http://geonetwork-opensource.org ) is a 
standards based geospatial catalog application that helps people and 
organizations to organize and publish their geospatial data through 
the web. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure 
initiatives across the world.

Important improvements have been made to ease of use, advanced 
metadata editing, performance and interoperability making it one of 
the most advanced, if not the most advanced geospatial metadata 
catalog available on the market today.



The software provides an easy to use web interface to search 
geospatial data across multiple catalogs, combine distributed map 
services in the embedded map viewer, send annotated interactive maps 
to friends by email, publish geospatial data using the online metadata 
editing tools and optionally the embedded GeoServer map server. 
Administrators have the option to manage user and group accounts, 
configure the server through web based and desktop utilities and 
schedule metadata harvesting from other catalogs.

You will find support for a number of metadata formats (ISO19115/19119 
following ISO19139, FGDC and Dublin Core), a number of catalog 
interfaces (OGC-CSW2.0.2 ISO profile client and server, OAI-PMH client 
and server, GeoRSS server, GEO OpenSearch server, WebDAV harvesting, 
GeoNetwork to GeoNetwork harvesting support).

A single, platform independent installer allows to install and run the 
software on a PC or a server on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The 
installer can be downloaded as an executable Windows file or as a 
platform independent .jar installer. It creates a Start menu on 
Windows computers. Command line installations are also possible for 
remote installations. Please refer to chapter 6 of the manual for 
detailed installation instructions.

The GeoNetwork community has been expanding quickly over the last 
years. The current release has been possible because of all those that 
contributed to the project through code contributions, testing, bug 
reports and fixes as well as many suggestions.

GeoNetwork opensource is part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation 
(OSGeo, http://www.osgeo.org) software stack, providing software you 
can trust tobe free, open and sustainable. Voluntary support is 
provided through mailing lists, websites and online forums.
Several companies also provide commercial support to help 
organizations to implement, integrate and maintain the software. You 
can find them in the Service Provider directory on the OSGeo website.

Thanks and congratulations to the all community members!
Jeroen Ticheler