geonetwork/core-geonetwork
Oct 2024 – Feb 2026
15 Months active
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Technical Skills
Backend DevelopmentDocumentationEmail NotificationsFront End DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentJavaScript
Jose García
PROFILE
Jose García
Jose Garrote contributed to the geonetwork/core-geonetwork repository by delivering robust metadata management features and workflow improvements over 15 months. He engineered solutions for metadata harvesting, validation, and interoperability, implementing schema-aware update logic and enhancing DCAT-RDF retrieval using Java and XML/XSLT. His work included refining the metadata editor’s UX, strengthening API integration, and introducing localization and security enhancements. Jose addressed data integrity by adding validation layers, improved search and notification systems, and modernized file handling with Apache Tika. His technical depth is evident in cross-harvester coordination, frontend AngularJS enhancements, and backend refactoring, resulting in a more reliable and maintainable platform.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
66%Features
Repository Contributions
97Total
Bugs
25
Commits
97
Features
48
Lines of code
39,516
Activity Months15
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21 peopleShared Repositories
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Work History
February 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered UX-driven enhancements to WMS resource configuration and metadata deletion workflows, with documentation updates and cross-team collaboration, enhancing multilingual support and safety of data deletions.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered UX-driven enhancements to WMS resource configuration and metadata deletion workflows, with documentation updates and cross-team collaboration, enhancing multilingual support and safety of data deletions.
February 2026
December 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 highlights: Delivered Harvester Metadata Schema Version Compatibility feature for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Implemented a check to compare metadata schema versions before updating metadata, ensuring updates are applied only when schemas are compatible across versions. The change targets all harvester components (CSW, Database, GeoNetwork, OAI-PMH, SFTP, WebDav) to prevent schema drift and data integrity issues in mixed-version environments. This improves interoperability, reduces risk of corrupted updates, and simplifies maintenance for deployments with multiple schema versions. The work aligns with ongoing efforts to enhance metadata precision and upgrade paths without breaking existing ingestion. Commit reference for traceability: 86c8dc5eb5e1a272e13144fb644f80384d5c7797. Technologies/skills demonstrated include cross-harvester coordination, version-aware update logic, and Java-based harvester pipelines. Business value delivered includes higher data integrity, smoother upgrades, and reduced manual intervention in heterogeneous environments.
December 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 highlights: Delivered Harvester Metadata Schema Version Compatibility feature for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Implemented a check to compare metadata schema versions before updating metadata, ensuring updates are applied only when schemas are compatible across versions. The change targets all harvester components (CSW, Database, GeoNetwork, OAI-PMH, SFTP, WebDav) to prevent schema drift and data integrity issues in mixed-version environments. This improves interoperability, reduces risk of corrupted updates, and simplifies maintenance for deployments with multiple schema versions. The work aligns with ongoing efforts to enhance metadata precision and upgrade paths without breaking existing ingestion. Commit reference for traceability: 86c8dc5eb5e1a272e13144fb644f80384d5c7797. Technologies/skills demonstrated include cross-harvester coordination, version-aware update logic, and Java-based harvester pipelines. Business value delivered includes higher data integrity, smoother upgrades, and reduced manual intervention in heterogeneous environments.
October 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Oct 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-10 focusing on geonetwork/core-geonetwork contributions: localization improvements for 4.4.9, robust XML parsing with BOM handling, release notes and changelog updates, enhanced file upload validation via MIME type checks, and stricter username/group name validation. Highlights include commits and tests that strengthen reliability, security, and documentation across the core module.
6 Commits • 4 Features
Oct 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-10 focusing on geonetwork/core-geonetwork contributions: localization improvements for 4.4.9, robust XML parsing with BOM handling, release notes and changelog updates, enhanced file upload validation via MIME type checks, and stricter username/group name validation. Highlights include commits and tests that strengthen reliability, security, and documentation across the core module.
October 2025
September 2025
10 Commits • 8 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 highlights: Deliveries across DOI automation, metadata UX improvements, broadened DOI discovery, and robust ingestion/infrastructure enhancements. Focused on business value: faster notifications, richer context, broader discovery, and more reliable ingestion pipelines.
September 2025
10 Commits • 8 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 highlights: Deliveries across DOI automation, metadata UX improvements, broadened DOI discovery, and robust ingestion/infrastructure enhancements. Focused on business value: faster notifications, richer context, broader discovery, and more reliable ingestion pipelines.
August 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 performance—core-geonetwork delivered user-centric improvements and API polish across three changes. Refactored XSLT for metadata distribution rendering in full view to improve the display of digital transfer options and online resources, with robust link rendering and fallback text. Enhanced the Sharing API by making publicationType optional across multiple endpoints, reducing client-side friction. Fixed a facet filtering bug that incorrectly removed 0-valued facet values, preserving 0 for accurate search results. These changes improve data discoverability, API ergonomics, and user experience with minimal disruption.
3 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 performance—core-geonetwork delivered user-centric improvements and API polish across three changes. Refactored XSLT for metadata distribution rendering in full view to improve the display of digital transfer options and online resources, with robust link rendering and fallback text. Enhanced the Sharing API by making publicationType optional across multiple endpoints, reducing client-side friction. Fixed a facet filtering bug that incorrectly removed 0-valued facet values, preserving 0 for accurate search results. These changes improve data discoverability, API ergonomics, and user experience with minimal disruption.
August 2025
July 2025
12 Commits • 4 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Focused on delivering high-value metadata capabilities, improving user experience, tightening data quality, and stabilizing harvesting and search.
July 2025
12 Commits • 4 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Focused on delivering high-value metadata capabilities, improving user experience, tightening data quality, and stabilizing harvesting and search.
June 2025
10 Commits • 4 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 performance summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered key modernization and reliability improvements across metadata retrieval, editing workflows, and security, with a clear business impact in data discoverability, user efficiency, and platform robustness. Key deliveries: - DCAT-RDF Retrieval Modernization and Cleanup: migrated RDF metadata retrieval to CSW GetRecords with DCAT/RDF output; removed legacy RDF searcher; cleaned up DCAT-RDF configuration. Commits: 121a8c5d0e6fc82507dc58252b826350e32e9063; 76bcd33ed8d37336cca68a9cb2ac2c9ba40a87bc. - Email links support for static pages: enables email links in static pages; added EmailUtil for validation; API/UI/docs updated. Commit: 1907456c4606e84cb2a2ecc1068be6f2294d7706. - Editable thumbnails in metadata editor: adds configurable editableThumbnail option to allow thumbnail edits directly from metadata editor; edit button shown when enabled. Commit: aebb270bd3d6afd8073de0bc1269cb78123bc4b4. - Validation and metadata editing workflow fixes: stabilizes metadata editing by fixing Schematron message handling for '$loc' prefixes and preventing JavaScript errors during editing. Commits: a63ee84ac3c34043e6d152e0af6e58fd7a14b6d8; ef89e5d2a606d436c04237ca9f77cedd9bc68b2d8. - Search documentation improvements: enriches user guide for search features including wildcard, exact match, title-only search, and date range filtering. Commit: c4e9bf743e0c1a9aa8646e0abc9798813c900d8a. - Maintenance and security updates: revert Font Awesome hash, update Spring Security to 5.8.16, and improve harvester robustness with updated regex. Commits: 6338cc4a74b21d1312497b80a0b8bd8fda03394e; d703377c25c32913839a0c442c48e71e6bec49f9; 59216b6c5a77318d80ccf5a6c8765dd2d705ad08. Major bugs fixed: - Validation and metadata editing workflow: resolved Schematron '$loc' message handling and stabilized status transitions to prevent JavaScript errors during metadata editing. (Commits: a63ee84ac3c34043e6d152e0af6e58fd7a14b6d8; ef89e5d2a606d436c04237ca9f77cedd9bc68b2d8.) Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved data discovery and interoperability by removing legacy RDF search paths and migrating to CSW GetRecords with DCAT/RDF output, delivering more reliable metadata retrieval and cleaner configuration. - Enhanced authoring and curation UX: editors can edit thumbnails directly; static pages now support email-based workflows; search UX is clarified via documentation. - Strengthened platform security and resilience via dependency updates and harvester robustness improvements, reducing maintenance risk. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - DCAT/RDF, CSW GetRecords integration, and DCAT configuration management - Frontend/workflow stability: Schematron validation handling, JS error prevention, and metadata editing workflow fixes - Email validation utilities and API/UI/documentation updates - Security hardening: Spring Security 5.8.16, dependency alignment, and robust harvester parsing
10 Commits • 4 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 performance summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered key modernization and reliability improvements across metadata retrieval, editing workflows, and security, with a clear business impact in data discoverability, user efficiency, and platform robustness. Key deliveries: - DCAT-RDF Retrieval Modernization and Cleanup: migrated RDF metadata retrieval to CSW GetRecords with DCAT/RDF output; removed legacy RDF searcher; cleaned up DCAT-RDF configuration. Commits: 121a8c5d0e6fc82507dc58252b826350e32e9063; 76bcd33ed8d37336cca68a9cb2ac2c9ba40a87bc. - Email links support for static pages: enables email links in static pages; added EmailUtil for validation; API/UI/docs updated. Commit: 1907456c4606e84cb2a2ecc1068be6f2294d7706. - Editable thumbnails in metadata editor: adds configurable editableThumbnail option to allow thumbnail edits directly from metadata editor; edit button shown when enabled. Commit: aebb270bd3d6afd8073de0bc1269cb78123bc4b4. - Validation and metadata editing workflow fixes: stabilizes metadata editing by fixing Schematron message handling for '$loc' prefixes and preventing JavaScript errors during editing. Commits: a63ee84ac3c34043e6d152e0af6e58fd7a14b6d8; ef89e5d2a606d436c04237ca9f77cedd9bc68b2d8. - Search documentation improvements: enriches user guide for search features including wildcard, exact match, title-only search, and date range filtering. Commit: c4e9bf743e0c1a9aa8646e0abc9798813c900d8a. - Maintenance and security updates: revert Font Awesome hash, update Spring Security to 5.8.16, and improve harvester robustness with updated regex. Commits: 6338cc4a74b21d1312497b80a0b8bd8fda03394e; d703377c25c32913839a0c442c48e71e6bec49f9; 59216b6c5a77318d80ccf5a6c8765dd2d705ad08. Major bugs fixed: - Validation and metadata editing workflow: resolved Schematron '$loc' message handling and stabilized status transitions to prevent JavaScript errors during metadata editing. (Commits: a63ee84ac3c34043e6d152e0af6e58fd7a14b6d8; ef89e5d2a606d436c04237ca9f77cedd9bc68b2d8.) Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved data discovery and interoperability by removing legacy RDF search paths and migrating to CSW GetRecords with DCAT/RDF output, delivering more reliable metadata retrieval and cleaner configuration. - Enhanced authoring and curation UX: editors can edit thumbnails directly; static pages now support email-based workflows; search UX is clarified via documentation. - Strengthened platform security and resilience via dependency updates and harvester robustness improvements, reducing maintenance risk. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - DCAT/RDF, CSW GetRecords integration, and DCAT configuration management - Frontend/workflow stability: Schematron validation handling, JS error prevention, and metadata editing workflow fixes - Email validation utilities and API/UI/documentation updates - Security hardening: Spring Security 5.8.16, dependency alignment, and robust harvester parsing
June 2025
May 2025
10 Commits • 3 Features
May 1, 20252025-05 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered targeted features and fixes that bolster data integrity, interoperability, UI consistency, and code quality, driving measurable business value in data governance and user productivity.
May 2025
10 Commits • 3 Features
May 1, 20252025-05 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered targeted features and fixes that bolster data integrity, interoperability, UI consistency, and code quality, driving measurable business value in data governance and user productivity.
April 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 – Core Geonetwork: Delivered targeted improvements across metadata ingestion, deployment flexibility, UI accessibility, and reliability. Key outcomes include multilingual translation for harvesters and a new database harvester for PostgreSQL/Oracle (processing/validation options) to broaden data coverage; a UI refinement for the WMS map viewer to prevent style menu cropping; migration to environment-based Elasticsearch configuration for secure, scalable deployments; and a critical bug fix in the DOI server migration to remove an erroneous isdefault field. These changes enhance data reach, deployment agility, and overall system stability, delivering measurable business value through improved metadata ingestion, safer configuration, and more user-friendly interfaces.
5 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 – Core Geonetwork: Delivered targeted improvements across metadata ingestion, deployment flexibility, UI accessibility, and reliability. Key outcomes include multilingual translation for harvesters and a new database harvester for PostgreSQL/Oracle (processing/validation options) to broaden data coverage; a UI refinement for the WMS map viewer to prevent style menu cropping; migration to environment-based Elasticsearch configuration for secure, scalable deployments; and a critical bug fix in the DOI server migration to remove an erroneous isdefault field. These changes enhance data reach, deployment agility, and overall system stability, delivering measurable business value through improved metadata ingestion, safer configuration, and more user-friendly interfaces.
April 2025
March 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered user-focused UX enhancements, improved data filtering capabilities, and localization readiness, while stabilizing connectivity and data transformation. Key outcomes include drag-and-drop file upload feedback in the Metadata Editor, Dynamic Contact Filtering in Record View, alphabetical sorting for static pages, i18n Transifex integration, and a proxy-aware Elasticsearch client. A XSLT mapping bug was fixed for organization names during ISO19139 to ISO19115-3.2018 conversion. Overall impact: increased user productivity, improved data organization, faster localization cycles, and more reliable connectivity with external services. Technologies demonstrated include UI/UX enhancements, Java-based data transformation (XSLT), i18n/Transifex integration, Elasticsearch HttpClient proxy configuration, and robust filtering logic.
March 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork: Delivered user-focused UX enhancements, improved data filtering capabilities, and localization readiness, while stabilizing connectivity and data transformation. Key outcomes include drag-and-drop file upload feedback in the Metadata Editor, Dynamic Contact Filtering in Record View, alphabetical sorting for static pages, i18n Transifex integration, and a proxy-aware Elasticsearch client. A XSLT mapping bug was fixed for organization names during ISO19139 to ISO19115-3.2018 conversion. Overall impact: increased user productivity, improved data organization, faster localization cycles, and more reliable connectivity with external services. Technologies demonstrated include UI/UX enhancements, Java-based data transformation (XSLT), i18n/Transifex integration, Elasticsearch HttpClient proxy configuration, and robust filtering logic.
February 2025
7 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly performance summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Highlights delivered features, bug fixes, and technical milestones with direct business value. Key outcomes include enhanced citation exports, expanded localization, restored multi-file uploads, stricter date validation for data integrity, and standardized map bbox precision for reliable metadata calculations.
7 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly performance summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Highlights delivered features, bug fixes, and technical milestones with direct business value. Key outcomes include enhanced citation exports, expanded localization, restored multi-file uploads, stricter date validation for data integrity, and standardized map bbox precision for reliable metadata calculations.
February 2025
January 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Delivered governance, localization, and data-quality improvements for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Implemented a comprehensive user auditing feature, enhanced localization-driven UI, and strengthened metadata quality with indexing validation and JavaScript fixes. These changes improve data traceability, user experience for FR-speaking users, and search reliability.
January 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Delivered governance, localization, and data-quality improvements for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Implemented a comprehensive user auditing feature, enhanced localization-driven UI, and strengthened metadata quality with indexing validation and JavaScript fixes. These changes improve data traceability, user experience for FR-speaking users, and search reliability.
December 2024
5 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Focused on delivering metadata quality and validation improvements, UI correctness, and API robustness. These efforts improved metadata reliability, user experience, and data access for end users and data stewards.
5 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork. Focused on delivering metadata quality and validation improvements, UI correctness, and API robustness. These efforts improved metadata reliability, user experience, and data access for end users and data stewards.
December 2024
November 2024
10 Commits • 6 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 - Core deliverables in geonetwork/core-geonetwork focused on user-facing features, data quality, and reliability improvements that drive business value and operator efficiency. Delivered a config-driven Application Banner with rendering directive and styling, toggleable via system settings (commits cd50dedd9046ee3a676bf9e1af57c5b0767bad8f; 62ec516608cf8fdd5d7012051ae558e4dae43232). Implemented metadata publication email formatting options (HTML or plain text) with multilingual documentation, enhancing notification readability and localization (commit 4fa388c7c21424fa6e182ffff6670fb6ba2ab84c). Improved UX in the metadata editor by filtering out non-relevant regions from the Regions picker (commit 97bdd7b87ada7635acaebb05189790be9ee96feb). Added a preventive validation API for duplicate metadata values (titles, alternative titles, resource identifiers) to improve data quality (commit 6f3d10c6db2c33f5a3df5cf057ab679d93d5d529). Strengthened data integrity and stability with batch selection synchronization fix between search results and record view, ensuring correct default selection state (commit 0fc044717117a8feedc6128edc515f0d8495cda2).
November 2024
10 Commits • 6 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 - Core deliverables in geonetwork/core-geonetwork focused on user-facing features, data quality, and reliability improvements that drive business value and operator efficiency. Delivered a config-driven Application Banner with rendering directive and styling, toggleable via system settings (commits cd50dedd9046ee3a676bf9e1af57c5b0767bad8f; 62ec516608cf8fdd5d7012051ae558e4dae43232). Implemented metadata publication email formatting options (HTML or plain text) with multilingual documentation, enhancing notification readability and localization (commit 4fa388c7c21424fa6e182ffff6670fb6ba2ab84c). Improved UX in the metadata editor by filtering out non-relevant regions from the Regions picker (commit 97bdd7b87ada7635acaebb05189790be9ee96feb). Added a preventive validation API for duplicate metadata values (titles, alternative titles, resource identifiers) to improve data quality (commit 6f3d10c6db2c33f5a3df5cf057ab679d93d5d529). Strengthened data integrity and stability with batch selection synchronization fix between search results and record view, ensuring correct default selection state (commit 0fc044717117a8feedc6128edc515f0d8495cda2).
October 2024
5 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 performance summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork focused on stabilizing critical workflows, clarifying access controls, and improving UI consistency. Delivered concrete improvements to notification reliability, refined privilege management with updated documentation, and introduced a reusable UI sorting utility to ensure consistent group presentation. These changes reduce operational risk, improve user experience, and support scalable feature adoption in production.
5 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 performance summary for geonetwork/core-geonetwork focused on stabilizing critical workflows, clarifying access controls, and improving UI consistency. Delivered concrete improvements to notification reliability, refined privilege management with updated documentation, and introduced a reusable UI sorting utility to ensure consistent group presentation. These changes reduce operational risk, improve user experience, and support scalable feature adoption in production.
October 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness88.4%
Maintainability87.6%
Architecture84.4%
Performance83.8%
AI Usage20.4%
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