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# GeoNode Configuration

GeoNode (http://geonode.org/) is a platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. It brings together mature and stable open-source software projects under a consistent and easy-to-use interface allowing users, with little training, to quickly and easily share data and create interactive maps. GeoNode provides a cost-effective and scalable tool for developing information management systems. GeoNode uses CSW as a cataloguing mechanism to query and present geospatial metadata.

pycsw supports binding to an existing GeoNode repository for metadata query. The binding is read-only (transactions are not in scope, as GeoNode manages repository metadata changes in the application proper).

## GeoNode Setup

To connect pycsw to GeoNode’s repository, the following steps are required:

- mapping GeoNode queryables to pycsw’s queryables model
- updating the Configuration to specify GeoNode as the source repository

### Mapping Queryables

- create a `mappings.py` file (a GeoNode sample is in `pycsw/plugins/repository/geonode/mappings.py`), which associates GeoNode’s ResourceBase attributes to pycsw’s queryables

### Updating Configuration

- in `default.cfg`:

> - set `repository.source` to `geonode` (`repository.database` is not required in this context)
> - set `repository.mappings` to `/path/to/mappings.py` (`repository.database` is not required in this context)

At this point, pycsw is able to read from the GeoNode repository using the Django ORM.

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