\title{GeoCat}
\author{Jeroen Ticheler, \url{http://www.geocat.net}}
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In GeoCat we use free and open source software as the basis for the solutions developed for our clients. GeoNetwork opensource is the cornerstone of our business, providing top of the line geospatial metadata catalog applications that comply with today's requirements, for example supporting the INSPIRE directive and related national metadata profiles. OSGeo is important to GeoCat because it helps to build sustainable software in an open and non-exclusive environment, providing important infrastructure to the foundation projects. It also  provides a very important platform for cross-project collaboration, resulting in more effective software development and better  interoperability between applications. We are proud to support OSGeo and to assist in making it thrive geospatial software development and knowledge sharing!

\address{Jeroen Ticheler \\ Chair of the Project Steering Committee of GeoNetwork and Director of GeoCat.}
