SDI versus Social Network

GeoNetwork:

• Classic SDI
• "Readonly"

Social Network:

• Discuss and comment related data
• Upload own data
• Suggested data (extended user profiles)
• Data more reusable

Improve social features

• Allow to login with external openId
• Allow to link related data
• Allow to link related apps
• Allow to upload (meta)data
• Allow comments on metadata

Improve social features

• Extended user profile
  • Offer suggested datasets
  • Reward most active users
  • Allow groups administrated by users
  • Dashboards
  • Notifications (private messages?)

What happens with current SDIs?

• Allow geoNetwork to work as classic SDI
• New extension (maven project) for all this social features
• Activated by settings?
• Backwards compatible