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# Welcome to pycsw

pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python.

pycsw fully implements the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification [Catalogue Service for the Web]. Initial development started in 2010 (more formally announced in 2011). The project is certified OGC Compliant, and is an OGC Reference Implementation.

pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata. Existing repositories of geospatial metadata can also be exposed via OGC:CSW 2.0.2, providing a standards-based metadata and catalogue component of spatial data infrastructures.

pycsw is Open Source, released under an MIT license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X).

## Announcements

2013-06-26 - Oregon Coastal & Marine Data Network pycsw Workshop Materials Available

2013-06-07 - pycsw 1.4.2 released

2013-04-12 - pycsw enters OSGeo Incubation

2013-03-26 - pycsw 1.4.1 released

2013-02-21 - pycsw on OSGeo-Live 6.5

2013-01-14 - pycsw Receives OGC Compliance Certification and Reference Implementation Status

2012-09-10 - pycsw 1.4.0 released

2012-08-21 - pycsw on OSGeo-Live 6.0

2012-04-08 - pycsw 1.2.0 released

2012-02-28 - pycsw on OSGeo-Live 5.5

2012-01-28 - project updates

2011-06-29 - pycsw 1.0.0 released

2011-04-20 - pycsw 0.1.0 released

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