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Background
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Home
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All workshop materials are maintained openly through a GitHub repository: 
`https://github.com/geopython/pycsw-workshop <https://github.com/geopython/pycsw-workshop>`__.
Contributions are always welcome.

The canonical location of the live workshop is always at `http://geopython.github.io/pycsw-workshop/ <http://geopython.github.io/pycsw-workshop/>`__.

History
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Initial workshop structure was created by Jeff McKenna of `Gateway Geomatics <http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com>`__.


Acknowledgements
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The initial pycsw workshop materials were created through funding provided by the 
`Oregon Coastal Management Program <http://www.oregon.gov/lcd/ocmp/Pages/index.aspx>`__, 
through an FGDC CAP grant, in 2013.

Assumptions
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As this workshop is designed for use with the `OSGeo-Live <http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html>`__ virtual 
machine, basic knowledge of Unix commands is assumed.

License
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.. include:: ../LICENSE.txt