GCat Background
** THIS DOCUMENT IS A DRAFT **
gCube Data Catalogue.... using CKAN.
CKAN is a powerful data management system that makes data accessible – by providing tools to streamline publishing, sharing, finding and using data. CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data see: http://ckan.org/
gCube Data Catalogue provides a Metadata format XML-based in order to define its metadata.
gCube Data Catalogue Metadata
A Metadata in the gCube Data Catalogue is composed by two parts: CKAN's default metadata fields and gCube Metadata Format.
- CKAN's default metadata fields
Those are metadata fields common for all metadata types in the gCube Data Catalogue (and used by default in the CKAN platform).
gCube Metadata Format and Fields
A gCube Metadata Format provides a schema XML-based to define metadata custom fields. It is described as following: