From: Jeremy Cothran,  jcothran@asg.sc.edu
To: ...many folks
Date: 06/16/2005 09:02 AM
Subject:  Meta-Door metadata application                                       
                                                                                                                              
You are receiving this email as an earlier listed user of the Cast-Net or
Meta-Door metadata application.  This is an email advertising the
availability of the existing Meta-Door tool as well as recruitment of users
who would like to be actively involved in providing feedback on its
continued development.  Please reply by email if you would like to be
placed on the Meta-Door listserv for further announcements or if you would
like to be removed from any further announcements.


Meta-Door is an online metadata development tool designed initially to help
support creation of FGDC(Federal Geographic Data Commission) records.  The
link to this application is
http://carocoops.org/metadoor


powerpoint
http://nautilus.baruch.sc.edu/twiki_carocoops/pub/Metadoor/WebHome/Meta-Door.ppt


wiki site
http://nautilus.baruch.sc.edu/twiki_carocoops/bin/view/Metadoor/WebHome


In addition to the initial version of Meta-Door which focuses on creation
of FGDC records, the Meta-Door development team has been working on version
2.0 which incorporates more support for platform and sensor  management and
workflow with an end goal of being able to share and exchange this
collected information with other systems via markup languages such as
SensorML and MarineXML.


The Meta-Door team is actively looking for beta-testers who are interested
in helping shape and refine this application to better serve metadata needs
for the observing community.  An earlier flash demo can be found at the
below link.


http://nautilus.baruch.sc.edu/resources/MetaDoor_CD/FlashDemo/version-1.0-prototype/Meta-Door2_Demo.htm



If you are interested in reviewing the beta Meta-Door version 2.0
application, you can register and and login at the following link.  Note
that this is a development and not a production application, so data
entered and collected should be considered test data which may be shared or
removed as the application is better developed.


http://carocoops.org/meta-door2.html



If you are interested in being a beta-tester for this product(providing
reports of bugs or feature requests), please email me and I'll register you
with the project manager application listed below which is used to report
and track application development issues.


http://hercules.asg.sc.edu:8080/ProjectManager


The testing schedule is to look at requests and bugs as they come in, with
new code deployments on Fridays.


The database information will probably be wiped out every Friday, except
for the logins, to prevent corrupted data issues from previous bugs.


Thanks
Jeremy Cothran
Software Developer
CAROCOOPS/SEACOOS/IOOS
803-777-4469