In memory of our friends and colleagues,

Allen Macklin & Bernard A. Megrey,

who initiated the PICES metadata federation project

GeoNetwork opensource provides tools for managing and publishing metadata on spatial data and related services. It includes a web-based interactive map viewer that permits the users to composite maps picking layers from distributed servers on the internet. GeoNetwork is based on International and Open Standards for services and protocols. GeoNetwork opensource software is installed and running on the virtual server and available at http://tcode.tinro.ru/geonetwork/. Along with services for authentication and access control, advanced metadata editing, map visualization and composition, it provides catalog services that actually implement a metadata, data, information and services clearinghouse for the PICES community. Several interface languages (English, Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish) are available.

Some metadata collected under various TCODE projects were uploaded to the catalog under "Datasets" category converted from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata format.

All PICESians and expert groups are invited to register and start their own metadata collections, or contribute to such existing categories as "Datasets", "Maps and Graphics", "Expert Groups Outputs", "PICES Digital Document Library", etc.