Catalog Services for the Web (CSW)

This section discusses the Catalog Services for Web (CSW) optional extension. With this extension, GeoServer supports retrieving and displaying items from the GeoServer catalog using the CSW service.

For more information on CSW, please refer to OGC OpenGIS Implementation Specification 07-006r1 and the OGC tutorial on CSW.

• Installing Catalog Services for Web (CSW)
• Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) features
• DirectDownload

See the Catalog Services for the Web (CSW) ISO Metadata tutorial for a tutorial on how to use the CSW Metadata Module.