I.M. Romanova

Creation of geoportals and metadata management systems as a part of spatial data infrastructure is one of the modern trends of geoinformation technologies evolution. This paper suggests one of the possible technologies for creation of peripheral node for the Academy of Sciences spatial data infrastructure based on free open source software. The author describes certain aspects of creation of a metadata catalogue as a first stage to creation of geoportal in the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS.

Keywords: standards, metadata management system, spatial data infrastructure, geoportal.