GeoNetwork Incubation Status

Basics

Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?

Yes, it was approved in Twenty First Board Meeting.

Has an OSGeo committee member been assigned as Mentor?

Yes, Jody Garnett is assigned as mentor.

Infrastructure Transition

Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects we presence?

No. An info sheet at http://www.osgeo.org/geonetwork has been created.

Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?

No. SourceForge.net tracker is in use by the project.

Is the OSGeo mailing list manager being used for the project?

No. SourceForge.net mailing list manager is in use by the project.

Is the OSGeo SVN or CVS system being used for the project?

No. SourceForge.net Subversion is used by the project.

Are binary and source downloads available from the OSGeo download area?

No

Community Functioning

Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?

Yes. A user, a developer and a commit mailing list are available. Furthermore the bug tracker on SourceForge.net is used and there is a Community website for the project offering a documentation section with among others Manuals, Tutorials, FAQ's and Howto's and a software section for binaries.

Are source and binary downloads for the package available?

Source code is available form SVN on SourceForge.net and Binaries including source code are also available from SourceForge.net . Binareis can also be found on the Community website ( http://geonetwork-opensource.org ). GeoNetwork opensource has also been published on a CD-Rom and on a DVD including other GeoFOSS software.

Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?

A Project Steering Committee was formed in 2006. The committee has seven steering committee members. The steering committee meets once a year during the GeoNetwork opensource week. A workplan for the following year is approved during that meeting.

Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.

The steering committee documentation is still under development.

How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?

The project has between 3 and 5 active committers.

Foundation Membership

Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?

"To be filled in."

Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?

"To be filled in."

Code Copyright Review

Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?

A document is under constructions at GeoNetwork Provenance Review but is not yet complete.

Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?

No