Through the harvesting functionality it is possible to collect public information from the different GeoNetwork nodes installed around the world and to copy and store periodically this information locally.
这大概意思就是，GetNetwork的功能可以从不同的安装了GeoNetwork的服务器节点中获得公开的数据；当然用户可以拷贝、存储这些数据到本地存储器中。
Two public Websites have been established. One focues on the users of the software
(http://geonetwork-opensource.org),针对软件用户发布的网站，
while the other one is dedicated to the developers
(http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork).针对开发者发布的网站。