v1.2.0 - Major Data Catalog Registry Update

Release v1.2.0 - 2025-11-21

Major Additions

• 1,993 new data catalog records across multiple countries and regions
• 1,515 ArcGIS Server instances - massive expansion of geoportal coverage
• 293 World-level catalogs - international and global data repositories
• 97 French data catalogs - significant expansion of French open data coverage

Geospatial Infrastructure Expansion

• 83 GeoServer instances
• 37 GeoNode installations
• 33 GeoNetwork catalogs
• 8 Lizmap instances
• 3 MapProxy instances
• 2 MapBender instances

Open Data Platforms

• 47 OpenDataSoft instances
• 42 CKAN portals
• 5 DKAN installations

Scientific Data Repositories

• 38 Figshare-based repositories
• 6 DSpace installations
• 6 NADA microdata catalogs
• 9 THREDDS servers

Improvements

• 363 records updated with improved metadata
• Updated API endpoints for IPT-based data catalogs
• Enhanced metadata completeness across multiple records
• Better geographic and administrative region coverage

Statistics

Record Changes

• New records: 1,993
• Modified records: 363
• Deleted records: 0

Software Types (Top 10)

• ArcGIS Server: 1,515
• Custom/Unknown: 89
• GeoServer: 83
• OpenDataSoft: 47
• CKAN: 42
• Figshare: 38
• GeoNode: 37
• GeoNetwork: 33
• ArcGIS Hub: 26
• THREDDS: 9

Catalog Types

• Geoportal: 1,726 (86.6%)
• Open data portal: 181 (9.1%)
• Scientific data repository: 68 (3.4%)
• Microdata catalog: 7
• Indicators catalog: 6

Geographic Coverage

• United States: 1,472 records (top states: Minnesota 54, California 51, Wisconsin 43, Ohio 42, Texas 39)
• World-level: 293 records
• France: 97 records
• Netherlands: 11 records
• Plus 30+ additional countries

See CHANGELOG.md for complete details and full statistics.

v1.1.0: Data Quality Analysis Tools

Added

• Comprehensive data quality analysis tool (devdocs/analyze_duplicates_and_errors.py)
  • Detects duplicate UID's and ID's across all records
  • Identifies missing required fields
  • Finds filename mismatches (where id field doesn't match filename)
  • Reports empty files and YAML parsing errors
  • Generates detailed reports in JSON, Markdown, and text formats

Changed

• Updated README.md with data quality and validation section
• Added documentation for analysis tools in devdocs/ directory

Fixed

• Identified 7 duplicate ID's (same ID in both entities and software directories)
• Identified 204 records missing required uid field
• Identified 63 files with filename mismatches
• Identified 1 empty file requiring attention

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See CHANGELOG.md for full details.

v1.0.0

Project is mature enough for first stable release