Published May 17, 2026 | Version v0.2.0
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Geometadata Plugin for Janeway

Authors/Creators

  • 1. TUD Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Geoinformatics

Description

A plugin for Janeway that adds geospatial and temporal metadata support for journal articles and repository preprints. Developed as part of the KOMET project (Kompetenznetzwerk für das Management und die Erschließung von textbasierten Forschungsdaten).

Features:

  • Spatial metadata storage as WKT geometry with automatic bounding box calculation
  • Temporal metadata with flexible date ranges and free-text periods
  • Interactive Leaflet.js map display on article, issue, and dedicated map pages
  • Editor interface with drawing tools and reverse geocoding
  • GeoJSON API endpoints for programmatic access
  • HTML metadata embedding (Dublin Core, Schema.org, geo.* meta tags)
  • Colour-coded markers using ColorBrewer palettes
  • Full i18n support (English, German)

This plugin complements the geoMetadata plugin for OJS, bringing equivalent functionality to the Janeway publishing platform. Geospatial metadata collected by both plugins can be aggregated and discovered through OPTIMAP.

Source repository: github.com/GeoinformationSystems/janeway_geometadata

Notes

This work is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology Assessment and Space (BMFTR) under grant number 16TOA039. The KOMET project is part of the funding initiative 'Förderung von Projekten zur Etablierung einer gelebten Open-Access-Kultur in der deutschen Forschungs- und Wissenschaftspraxis.'

Files

GeoinformationSystems/janeway_geometadata-v0.2.0.zip

Files (338.3 kB)

Additional details

Related works

Is documented by
Other: https://projects.tib.eu/komet (URL)
Is supplement to
Software: https://github.com/GeoinformationSystems/optimap (URL)
Is supplemented by
Software: https://github.com/GeoinformationSystems/janeway_geometadata (URL)
Is variant form of
Software: https://github.com/TIBHannover/geoMetadata (URL)
Requires
Software: https://github.com/openlibhums/janeway (URL)

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/GeoinformationSystems/janeway_geometadata

References