Metacat

09/30/2004

03:41 PM Bug #1711 (Resolved): apostrophe in text element causes xslt error

a text element that contains an apostrophe causes metacat to throw an xslt
error. It says that the character 0x19 i... Chad Berkley

09/28/2004

04:49 PM Bug #1703 (Resolved): spatial search does not work

the spatial bounding box search dialog in morpho does not return any results
even when it should.
Also: The lab... Chad Berkley

09/24/2004

01:13 PM Revision 2327 (metacat): Thanks Jing, Fixed those code comments.

harris

12:02 PM Revision 2326 (metacat): Adde a function to the metacat client to set access on an xml document in a

metacat repository. harris

09/23/2004

12:27 PM Bug #1698 (Resolved): Secure replication method

Curently, unsecured metacat replication action is easy to break the replication
setup. But it couldn't create a new ... Jing Tao

09/22/2004

04:25 PM Bug #1658: tracking bug for 1.4.0 release

All items complete. Version 1.4.0 of metacat is now complete, tested, and
released. It is tagged in CVS as METACAT_... Matt Jones

01:50 PM Revision 2324 (metacat): One last clarification to the install instructions regarding the sql scripts.

Matt Jones

01:35 PM Revision 2323 (metacat): Modified build dist and distsrc targets to be sure the ant tokens are

filtered correctly in the documentation, otherwise the CSS styles do not
show up properly. Matt Jones

01:02 PM Revision 2322 (metacat): Modified the build to be smarter about making sure that the EML schemas

and styles are in place (so manually running 'geteml' should no longer
be needed), and renamed the 'loaddtdschemas' t... Matt Jones

09/21/2004

11:39 PM Revision 2321 (metacat): Fixed some typos in the README, and rearranged a little.

Matt Jones

11:26 PM Revision 2320 (metacat): Moved deletion of stylsheets from clean to fullclean target so that the

styles will be guaranteed to be in place in the released version even after
a clean build. Matt Jones

11:13 PM Revision 2319 (metacat): Added classpath to javadoc call so that we avoid javadoc errors that

complain about not being able to find the servlet classes. Matt Jones

11:06 PM Revision 2318 (metacat): Added dependency check for eml so that the schemas and dtds are not

checked out of CVS if they already exist in the lib directory. This is
based on checking for the key schema or dtd f... Matt Jones

10:49 PM Revision 2317 (metacat): Added dependency check to see if the httpclient.jar and utilities.jar are

already present in lib. If they are, building utilities is skipped. This
allows us to ship a distribution with just... Matt Jones

08:18 PM Bug #162: need harvest/batch load for metacat

Yahoo! James Brunt

03:46 PM Bug #162: need harvest/batch load for metacat

Closing as testing with postgres has been completed and harvester works with
both postgres and oracle. Saurabh Garg

04:11 PM Bug #1542: SQL Server support broken

Moving the target to version 1.5
Saurabh Garg

03:49 PM Bug #1658: tracking bug for 1.4.0 release

(1) is done for now -- its been reviewed and is reasonable accurate, but not
perfect. Needs another pass.
(2) is don... Matt Jones

03:42 AM Bug #1658: tracking bug for 1.4.0 release

(3) is now complete -- indexing can be accomplished using the 'buildindex'
action by people in the 'adminsitrators' l... Matt Jones

03:45 PM Bug #305: create an ofa compliant oracle instance

Moving to 1.5 because I don't want to make such a significant change immediately
before the KNB workshop demos. Matt Jones

03:38 PM Revision 2316 (metacat): Added sample eml 2.0.1 document for use in the tests.

Matt Jones

03:36 PM Revision 2315 (metacat): Modified buildIndex() to now include an '@' sign in the path for ATTRIBUTE

nodes. Removed a bunch of debugging information. Fixed the BuildIndexTest
so that it would work on any machine (rem... Matt Jones

01:17 PM Revision 2314 (metacat): Added code that changes the node column size

sgarg

09:39 AM Bug #1297: Registry: Changes in the Basic Information

So, should we add middle name to the registry form? Saurabh Garg

03:55 AM Bug #1297: Registry: Changes in the Basic Information

Given name should b repeated to accomodate multiple given names (a middle name
is simply a second given name). Matt Jones

09:38 AM Bug #1390: add UCNRS to the ldapweb.cgi management lists

This bug is fixed and done. Saurabh Garg

03:51 AM Bug #1390: add UCNRS to the ldapweb.cgi management lists

I think this is now complete, and will be released with 1.4.0. Sid, can you
verify this and close the bug if true? ... Matt Jones

09:33 AM Bug #273: site deployment for metacat

Metacat has been deployed at the LTER Network Office (LNO). To the best of my
knowledge, it has not been deployed at... Duane Costa

04:01 AM Bug #273: site deployment for metacat

Duane -- this is overlapping with the previous bug -- can you close with a
resolution or update the status on this, o... Matt Jones

09:14 AM Bug #325: create site filters to convert site metadata to eml packages

A number of metadata conversion applications were implemented by David
Blankman, with the help of two graduate stude... Duane Costa

03:53 AM Bug #325: create site filters to convert site metadata to eml packages

Duane -- could you deal with this by either closing it if it is eing tracked
elsewhere or updating it with a plan. Th... Matt Jones

04:10 AM Bug #468: TLS between ldap server and metacat

We need to implement TLS as soon as possible, as its a real problem we're
passing so many passwords around in clearte... Matt Jones

04:08 AM Bug #433: browse interface to metacat

I began this work, and now have some XSLT stylesheets that allow you to browse
via keyword, organizaiton, and creator... Matt Jones

04:05 AM Bug #151: need doctype equivalence specification

This is being addressed within the context of SEEK SMS and will not be addressed
directly in Metacat. Marking WONTFIX. Matt Jones

04:04 AM Bug #1310: Old ACLs are overwritten by registry

Need to fix this for the next release (1.5). Matt Jones

03:59 AM Bug #1372: Registry: Reconfigure entryForm.tmpl

Andrea is working on a new layout for this whole page, and removing all of the
hardcoded styles so that it fits into ... Matt Jones

03:58 AM Bug #1344: Cancel button on delete screen leads to a blank screen

The cancel button on delete still leads to blank, but also after successful
delete the screen is blank. Retargeting ... Matt Jones

03:49 AM Bug #101: generate data set usage metadata/ provide access log

The query/report functionality (1) is now complete. Use the 'getlog' servlet
action to get an XML report of the even... Matt Jones

03:38 AM Revision 2313 (metacat): New README in preparation for the 1.4.0 release, and updated the properties

file with the new version number. Matt Jones

03:13 AM Revision 2312 (metacat): Added in servlet action 'buildindex' for building the XML_index table entries

for either a set of documents (if one or more docid params are provided) or
for the whole set of documents in the xml... Matt Jones

03:01 AM Revision 2311 (metacat): Created a list of all of the servlet actions in the documentation and listed

all reuired and optional parameters for each action. These need to be
documented but at least the list is all in one... Matt Jones

02:01 AM Revision 2310 (metacat): Added new sections to the Metacat documentation describing the Metacat

client API and the Metacat 'getlog' servlet action for event reporting. Matt Jones

12:31 AM Revision 2309 (metacat): Updated metacat documentation with additional properties and fixed the

description of several properties. We really need to clean out unused
properties and generally clean up the configur... Matt Jones

09/20/2004

10:46 PM Revision 2308 (metacat): Added a property listing servlet administrators.

Matt Jones

04:25 PM Revision 2307 (metacat): Changed DBSAXHandler.run() to now use the new DocumentImpl.buildIndex() method

for populating the xml_index table. The new method uses a jdbc ResultSet
for populating the index rather than doing ... Matt Jones

03:10 PM Revision 2306 (metacat): Updated the build index test.

Matt Jones

02:30 PM Revision 2305 (metacat): Compose the Metacat URL from the httpserver and the servletpath properties, replacing hard-coded references to servlet.

Duane Costa

02:28 PM Revision 2304 (metacat): Send redirect to HarvesterRegistration, instead of using the full class name which works on Tomcat-only installations but not with Apache.

Duane Costa

10:44 AM Bug #1047: Create triggers on LTER tables for ldap insert

David completed these triggers in January, 2004.
This issue is local to the LTER Network Office. It involves updatin... Duane Costa

10:37 AM Bug #1046: LTER LDAP database coordination perl script changes

Closing bug for reasons explained above. Previous attempt to close didn't work. Duane Costa

10:33 AM Bug #1046: LTER LDAP database coordination perl script changes

Closing this bug. The ldapUpdate.pl Perl script was completed in January,
2004. It runs as a cron job, once every fi... Duane Costa

09:49 AM Revision 2303 (metacat): Change the date format to one that is standard on both Oracle and Postgres.

Duane Costa

09/17/2004

04:56 PM Bug #1142: Key issues between java 1.3 and java 1.4

Closing this bug as Duane entered the requirements into metacatinstall.html
Saurabh Garg

03:00 PM Revision 2302 (metacat): Revisions to Metacat Installation Instructions page. Most of the edits in this revision involve the build.properties file. A new HTML table was created to describe the properties and their values.

Duane Costa

11:10 AM Bug #188: provide a metacat client library with a standard API

Closing the bug. New bugs added covering tasks which were not done yet. Saurabh Garg

11:09 AM Bug #1693 (Closed): Metacat client library: Static Cookies

The HttpMessage code uses static cookies. This is bad and should be changed.
(From bug# 188) Saurabh Garg

11:08 AM Bug #1692 (Resolved): Metacat client library: handle binary data and return strings for simpler interface

Most of the APIs return Readers. In some cases we may also want InputStream
in order to deal with binary data (incl... Saurabh Garg

11:01 AM Bug #1691 (Closed): Metacat client library: use direct method calles for efficiency

The current client uses HTTP. There may be clients that exist on the same
server for which we would want to use som... Saurabh Garg

08:48 AM Revision 2301 (metacat): Whitespace changes that fix a few formatting problems after Jing's commit.

Matt Jones

08:42 AM Revision 2300 (metacat): Replace relative path to harvester registration login servlet with context path generated through ant build

Duane Costa

08:39 AM Revision 2299 (metacat): Add properties and filters for harvester registration servlets

Duane Costa

09/16/2004

05:04 PM Revision 2298 (metacat): Add new feature that delete can be broadcasted by force replication.

Jing Tao

04:40 PM Revision 2297 (metacat): The new buildIndex() function now can write allof the appropriate index paths to the database for any given document. Next need to create a function to rebuild on demand, and modify DBSAXHandler.run() to use the new buildIndex() function.

Matt Jones

04:16 PM Revision 2296 (metacat): corrected wrong variable names in build file.

sgarg

04:05 PM Revision 2295 (metacat): Added harvester servlets to the web.xml files.

sgarg

01:32 PM Revision 2294 (metacat): Added test class for buildIndex() routine. Not completed yet.

Matt Jones

12:08 PM Revision 2293 (metacat): Added changes to buildIndex() function. Now it is finding the right set of

paths, just have to save these in a hash and then add them to the DB xml_index
table. Matt Jones

11:15 AM Revision 2292 (metacat): changed function parameters in accordance with changes in PermissionController

sgarg

11:13 AM Revision 2291 (metacat): Modified inline data permission handling, so that access rules for old version of inline data can be checked correctly.

sgarg

11:09 AM Revision 2290 (metacat): Added a function which returns inline data id with out the revision number.

sgarg

11:04 AM Revision 2289 (metacat): Changed error text that is returned when an invalid eml is inserted.

sgarg

11:01 AM Revision 2288 (metacat): Added another test to check if access is checked when an old version of inline data is read using action=readinlinedata

sgarg

09:15 AM Revision 2287 (metacat): Changed the ESA nad LTSS skins to display all data from the KNB at the request of

OJ Reichman. Matt Jones

09/15/2004

08:25 PM Revision 2286 (metacat): Add a code to load eml201 parser to fix the bug that couldn't generate access rule for eml201 doc.

Jing Tao

08:24 PM Revision 2285 (metacat): Add a note that you should put full name as state name to generate a key. Otherwise, the trustkey will be not recongized.

Jing Tao

04:25 PM Revision 2284 (metacat): Fixed some more bugs.

sgarg

04:09 PM Revision 2283 (metacat): Added sql for counting packages.

Matt Jones

02:47 PM Revision 2282 (metacat): fixed error in input param

sgarg

02:17 PM Revision 2281 (metacat): Added code to send showWgList, showSiteList, showOrganization, lsite and usite for one tmpl to other.

sgarg

02:00 PM Revision 2280 (metacat): Fixed a bug in creation of EML documents when coordinates from the site_list have to be used.

sgarg

01:02 PM Revision 2279 (metacat): Added lines for updating xml_catalog in the upgrade script to point to the

new schema locations. Matt Jones

11:02 AM Revision 2278 (metacat): Fixed error in handling of multiple additional metadata tags...

sgarg

08:57 AM Revision 2277 (metacat): Updated build.xml to use new sql scripts.

Matt Jones

08:56 AM Revision 2276 (metacat): New schema changes, including upgrade scripts. Includes renamed postgres

scripts. Matt Jones

09/14/2004

03:58 PM Bug #1658: tracking bug for 1.4.0 release

4) and 6) done.
Checked that 5) is done.
Working on 2. Saurabh Garg

03:57 PM Revision 2275 (metacat): Test added to insert eml 2.0.0 document and update it with eml 2.0.1 document.

sgarg

03:39 PM Revision 2274 (metacat): Updates to the config for the esa skin, and added an LTSS skin.

Matt Jones

03:24 PM Revision 2273 (metacat): removed errors being generated in handling of qformat when action=insert. If qformat is not specified, xml is assumed as default.

sgarg

03:20 PM Bug #1295: Registry: Button texts are ambiguous and need to be changed.

Changing 'Submit Entry' to 'Submit Dataset'
Leaving Reset as it. Saurabh Garg

03:20 PM Revision 2272 (metacat): Changing 'Submit Entry' to 'Submit Dataset'

sgarg

03:14 PM Bug #1671: editing registry entry deletes keywords

Fixed.
The bug came into picture, when no keyword type is suggested for a particular
keyword. This resulted in igno... Saurabh Garg

03:14 PM Revision 2271 (metacat): Fixed a bug in handling of associated parties.

sgarg

02:56 PM Revision 2270 (metacat): Fixed the bug described in 1671. The bug came into picture, when no keyword type is suggested for a particular keyword. This resulted in ignoring of that row of data.

sgarg

09/13/2004

04:34 PM Bug #1142: Key issues between java 1.3 and java 1.4

Lets reword that to say that j2sdk 1.4.2 or later is required. I think the
install instructions is the right place. ... Matt Jones

04:29 PM Bug #1142: Key issues between java 1.3 and java 1.4

For running metacat, now Java version 1.4 would be required. Hence this problem
should not occur.
But couldnt fin... Saurabh Garg

02:22 PM Bug #1680: New functions in Metacat Client API

Renaming as enhancement Saurabh Garg

02:14 PM Bug #1680: New functions in Metacat Client API

Added following functions to the MetacatClient
-> readInlineData
-> upload() - with file name
-> upload... Saurabh Garg

02:13 PM Bug #1680 (Resolved): New functions in Metacat Client API

.. for read inline data and uploading data needed. Saurabh Garg

02:21 PM Bug #1682: Error in handling of docid formats

Fixed Saurabh Garg

02:21 PM Bug #1682 (Resolved): Error in handling of docid formats

Errors generated when insert, update and delete actions tried with docid
formats such as a.c.t.t.c.a.1.1 Saurabh Garg

02:15 PM Bug #1681: Access not checked while file uploading

Fixed Saurabh Garg

02:14 PM Bug #1681 (Resolved): Access not checked while file uploading

When user with id X uploads data as act.1.1, another user with id Y can upload
act.1.2 without requiring access for... Saurabh Garg

02:10 PM Bug #1679: Random string entry in action=insert leads to hanging of code

Fixed Saurabh Garg

02:10 PM Bug #1679 (Resolved): Random string entry in action=insert leads to hanging of code

Input of following type, hangs metacat code
http://metacat_url?action=insert&docid=act.1.1&doctext=random_strin... Saurabh Garg