<s>
Pycsw	B-Application
is	O
an	O
OGC	O
APIRecords	O
and	O
CSW	O
server	O
implementation	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
pycsw	B-Application
fully	O
implements	O
the	O
OGC	O
APIRecords	O
and	O
OpenGIS	O
Catalogue	O
Service	O
Implementation	O
Specification	O
[	O
Catalogue	O
Service	O
for	O
the	O
Web ]	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2015	O
,	O
pycsw	B-Application
is	O
an	O
official	O
OSGeo	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pycsw	B-Application
allows	O
for	O
the	O
publishing	O
and	O
discovery	O
of	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	O
via	O
numerous	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
(	O
CSW	O
2/CSW	O
3	O
,	O
OpenSearch	O
,	O
OAI-PMH	O
,	O
SRU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Existing	O
repositories	O
of	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
metadata	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
exposed	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
standards-based	O
metadata	O
and	O
catalogue	O
component	O
of	O
spatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
infrastructures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pycsw	B-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
government	O
,	O
academia	O
and	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
powers	O
the	O
and	O
CSW	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pycsw	B-Application
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
both	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
and	O
embedded	O
component	O
in	O
geospatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
portal	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
CKAN	B-Application
,	O
,	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
