.. _community:

Community
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Users
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Growing community of government, academic institutions, and private sector.

.. NOTE::
   Community user map is available `here <http://pycsw.org/community.html>`__

OSGeo
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     :width: 262px
     :height: 117px 
     :target: http://www.osgeo.org

- pycsw is active in the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (http://www.osgeo.org)
- currently in OSGeo `Incubation <https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Incubation>`_ process

OGC
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     :width: 300px
     :height: 125px 
     :target: http://www.pycsw.org/

- OGC `Reference Implementation <http://cite.opengeospatial.org/reference>`_

Professional Support / Service Providers
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Commercial Open Source vendors exist offering professional support for pycsw. 
The list of providers will be maintained through the `OSGeo Service Providers <http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile>`__ 
portal.