GeoNetwork Incubation Status

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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

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