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<td class="tablehead" colspan="2"><p><a name="Edit build.properties File"><h2>Edit <code>build.properties</code> File</h2></p></td>
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  <p>
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   Once all of the prerequisite software is installed as described above, 
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   the installation of Metacat can begin.  First you must have a current
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   version of the source distribution of Metacat.  You can get it two ways.
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   Authorized users can check it out of the NCEAS 
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   <a href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/xmltodb/">CVS</a>
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   system. You'll need both the "metacat" module and the "utilities" module to
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   be checked out in sibling directories. The command is as follows: 
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   <pre>mkdir knb-software</pre>
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   <pre>cd knb-software</pre>
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   <pre>cvs checkout -P metacat</pre>
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   <pre>cvs checkout -P utilities</pre>  
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   Or you can 
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   <a href="/software/download.html">download</a> a gzipped tar file
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   from this site.
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  </p>
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   <p>
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   Once you have either checked out or unzipped and untarred the source
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   distribution, you can begin the installation process.  Change into the 
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   metacat directory and edit the file called "<code>build.properties</code>".  You will need 
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   to change a number of configuration properties to match the setup on
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   your system. The property values that you will likely need to change are described in 
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   detail in the following table:
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  </p>
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  <br/>
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  <table border="1">
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      <td><b>Property</b></td>
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      <td><b>Description</b></td>
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      <td><b>Default value and examples of other values</b></td>
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      <td>tomcat</td>
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      <td>The tomcat property is the location in which tomcat is installed.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>/usr/local/devtools/jakarta-tomcat</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>C:/Tomcat-5.5</code></td>
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      <td>deploy.dir</td>
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      <td>The deploy.dir property is the location in which your tomcat servlet 
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          contexts are deployed. This is typically "${tomcat}/webapps",
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          where ${tomcat} is the same value that you entered for the 'tomcat'
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          property above.
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      </td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>/var/www/org.ecoinformatics.knb</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>C:/Tomcat-5.5/webapps</code>
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      </td>
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      <td>tomcatversion</td>
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      <td>The tomcatversion property is the version of Tomcat in which you 
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          want Metacat to run. This will determine the location of some
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          jar files coming with Tomcat. 
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          <p>
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            <em>Note: Tomcat 3 and 4 are no longer tested or supported by Metacat.
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                Users are highly encouraged to upgrade to Tomcat 5.5.
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            </em>
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          </p>
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          <p>
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            <em>Also note: a property value of 'tomcat5' can be set when using
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                either Tomcat 5.0 or Tomcat 5.5.
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            </em>
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          </p>
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      </td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>tomcat5</code>
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      <br><br>Other possible values (deprecated):&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>tomcat3 tomcat4</code>
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      </td>
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      </td>
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      <td>metacat.context</td>
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      <td>The metacat.context property is the name of the servlet context in which you 
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          want Metacat to be installed. This will determine the installation 
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          directory for the servlet and many of the URLs that are used to access
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          the installed Metacat server.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>knb</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>mycontext</code>
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      </td>
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      <td>config.hostname</td>
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      <td>The config.hostname property is the hostname of the server on which Metacat is 
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          running (note that you should not include the 'http://' in the config.hostname
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          property).
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      </td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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         <code>knb.ecoinformatics.org</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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         <code>somehost.university.edu</code>
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      </td>
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      <td>config.port</td>
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      <td>The config.port property is the HTTP plain port number that is used to connect to Metacat.
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          If Tomcat is running stand-alone, the value will typically be 8080.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>80</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>8080</code>
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      </td>
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      <td>config.port.https</td>
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      <td>The config.port.https property is the HTTP secure port number that is used to connect to Metacat,
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          generally when replicating documents to and from other Metacat servers.
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          If Tomcat is running stand-alone, the value will typically be 8443.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>443</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>8443</code>
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      <td><a name="ldap.url">ldapUrl</td>
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      <td>URL to the LDAP server. The LDAP server is used in the default
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          authentication module to authenticate and identify users of the
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          system.  To participate in the KNB network, you should leave this at
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          the default.  But it can be changed if you want to use a 
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          different directory of users.
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      </td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>ldap://ldap.ecoinformatics.org/dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org</code>
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      </td>
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      <td>database</td>
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      <td>Select the database to use for metadata storage.
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          <p>
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          The build file is preconfigured to install Metacat either using 
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          Oracle, PostgreSQL, or Microsoft SQL Server as a backend database.  
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          To change the database system, simply change the value of the 'database' 
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          property to be the name of the database target that you wish to use.
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          </p>
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          <p>
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          Valid values are <code>oracle</code>, <code>postgresql</code>, or
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          <code>sqlserver</code>. <em>Note that sqlserver support is minimal and
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          probably will not work without substantial changes on your part,
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          possibly including code changes.  We have not recently tested on 
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          sqlserver.</em>
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          </p>
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      </td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>postgresql</code>
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      <br><br>Other possible values:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>oracle</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>sqlserver</code>
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      <td>jdbc-connect</td>
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      <td>The JDBC connection string used to connect to the database.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>jdbc:postgresql://localhost/metacat</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>jdbc:oracle:thin:@somehost.university.edu:1521:metacat</code>
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      <td>jdbc-base</td>
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      <td>The base directory for locating JDBC jar files. When using the postgresql database, the default setting of './lib' can be used,
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          while oracle and sqlserver databases will require a different setting since these jar files are not included in the Metacat
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          distribution.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>./lib</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>/usr/oracle/jdbc/lib</code><br>
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      </td>
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      <td>user</td>
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      <td>The database user name that you set up to use Metacat.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>metacat</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>metacatuser</code>
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      <td>password</td>
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      <td>The database password that you set up to use Metacat.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>yourPasswordHere</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>metacat123</code>
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      <td>datafilepath</td>
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      <td>The datafilepath is the directory to store data files.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>/var/metacat/data</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>C:/Tomcat-5.5/data/metacat/data</code>
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      <td>inlinedatafilepath</td>
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      <td>The inlinedatafilepath is the directory to store inline data that
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          has been extracted from EML documents.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>/var/metacat/inline-data</code>
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      <br><br>Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>C:/Tomcat-5.5/data/metacat/inlinedata</code>
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      <td>default-style</td>
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      <td>The default-style parameter defines the "style-set" that is to be used
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          by default when the qformat parameter is missing or set to "html"
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          during a query. It is set to "default", which is one of the styles that 
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          ships with the default metacat distribution. Other possible settings
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          are shown in the examples to the right.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>default</code>
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      <br><br>Examples:<code>esa kepler knb knb2 knp lter ltss nceas nrs obfs pisco specnet</code>
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      <td>administrators</td>
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      <td>The administrators parameter lists the accounts that are allowed to
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          perform administrative actions such as rebuilding indices for 
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          documents. The list can contain more than one account separated
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          by colons.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>uid=jones,o=NCEAS,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org</code>
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          <code>uid=localadmin,o=ucnrs.org</code>
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	<!-- start lsid stuff -->
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      <td>authority.context</td>
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      <td>This is the context for the (Life Sciences Identifier) LSID authority.
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        LSID support is an optional feature which can be configured to provide
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        metacat access to LSID clients. For more information on LSID's see <a href="http://wiki.gbif.org/guidwiki/wikka.php?wakka=LSID">TDWG
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        site</a>.</td>
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      <td>Default: <code>authority</code></td>
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      <td>config.lsidauthority</td>
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      <td>This is the name of the LSID authority that this metacat should use.
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        This authority needs to be defined as SRV record in a DNS.</td>
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      <td><p>Default: <code>ecoinformatics.org</code></p>
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        <p>Examples: <code>esa.org</code> or <code>sulphur.ecoinformatics.org</code></p></td>
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      <td>install.ecogrid</td>
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      <td>Enables EarthGrid web services. EarthGrid web services are disabled by default. 
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          To enable EarthGrid web services (including query, put, authentication and 
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          identifier interface), set this value to <code>true</code>, and also set the value
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          of the <em>metacat.dir</em> property as detailed below.</td>
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          Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>false</code>
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      <td>metacat.dir</td>
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      <td>If the <em>install.ecogrid</em> property (see above) is set to <code>true</code>, this
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          property should be set to the absolute path of the top-level metacat directory.
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          If <em>install.ecogrid</em> is set to <code>false</code> (the default setting), 
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          the value of <em>metacat.dir</em> is ignored.          
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>/home/tao/project/metacat</code></td>
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   Note: If property "install.ecogrid" is set to be true(EarthGrid is enabled), you need to change the value of "metacatURL" to your metacat url in
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   seek/projects/ecogrid/conf/MetacatImpl/classes/metacat.properties file.
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  <br>
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  <p>
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  Other properties in <code>build.properties</code> that you can (but generally need not) change:
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      <td><b>Property</b></td>
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      <td><b>Default value and examples of other values</b></td>
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      <td>server</td>
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      <td>The server property is the hostname and port number of the server that Metacat uses
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          for replicating documents to and from other Metacat servers, which should be with the secure (HTTPS) port.
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          Since this property is usually composed of the <code>config.hostname</code> and <code>config.port.https</code> properties (described above),
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          the default setting can be used in most cases.
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${config.hostname}:${config.port.https}</code></td>
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      <td>httpserver</td>
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      <td>httpserver is the plain HTTP address and port number that Metacat uses for purposes
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          other than replication. Since this property is usually composed of the <code>config.hosthame</code> and <code>config.port</code>
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          properties (described above), the default setting can be used in most cases.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${config.hostname}:${config.port}</code>
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      <td>http.protocol</td>
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      <td>http.protocol is the string used in the leading part of a URL to indicate use of the HTTP protocol.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>http</code>
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      <td>config.metacatserver</td>
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      <td>The URL to the metacat server, composed in part from three other properties (http.protocol, httpserver, and metacat.context).</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${http.protocol}://${httpserver}/${metacat.context}/metacat</code>
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      <td>inst.cgi.dir</td>
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      <td>Installation directory for registry CGI scripts</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>/var/www/cgi-knb</code>
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      <td>cgi-prefix</td>
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      <td>The URL used for executing CGI scripts</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>http://${httpserver}/cgi-bin</code>
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      <td>cvsroot</td>
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      <td>CVS access to retrieve latest EML. Only used by
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          <code><pre>:ext:${env.USER}@cvs.ecoinformatics.org:/cvs</pre></code>
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          <code><pre>:ext:myaccount@cvs.ecoinformatics.org:/cvs</pre></code>
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      <td>knb-site-url</td>
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      <td>This is the URL to the web context root for the knb site. 
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          It is used for the qformat=knb skin only.</td>
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          <code>http://knb.ecoinformatics.org</code>
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      <td>timedreplication</td>
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      <td>Determines whether timed replication to other metacat servers is being used.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>false</code>
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          <code>true</code>
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      <td>firsttimedreplication</td>
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      <td>The time for starting first timed replication if timedreplication is true.
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          (See comments in build.properties file for additional details.)</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>10:00 PM</code>
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          <code>&nbsp;</code>
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      <td>timedreplicationinterval</td>
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      <td>The interval to next timed replication if timedreplication is true.
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          The value is in milliseconds and default value is 48 hours.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>172800000</code>
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          <code>&nbsp;</code>
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      <td>forcereplicationwaitingtime</td>
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      <td>The waiting time before replication is forced to begin after
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          uploading a package. The default value should usually suffice.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <code>30000</code>
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          <code>&nbsp;</code>
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      <td>log.dir</td>
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      <td>The directory where replication log files are to be written by Metacat.</td>
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      <td>moderators</td>
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      <td>Moderator accounts, in a colon-separated list. Specifies a list of special users who can review a general user's submission. 
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             Moderators can approve, revise and reject the submission after reviewing. This property is only used in the ESA skin.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>cn=knb-prod,o=NCEAS,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org</code></td>
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      <td>allowedSubmitters</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;(no value)</td>
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      <td>deniedSubmitters</td>
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      <td>Specify the list of users who should not be allowed to submit documents. 
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          If no value is specified (the default setting), all users will be allowed to submit documents.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;(no value)</td>
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      <td>config.metadataLabelLsid</td>
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      <td> </td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${config.lsidauthority}</code></td>
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      <td>build.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the subdirectory that is created when metacat is built by the 'ant' tool.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>build</code></td>
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      <td>lsid.build.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the subdirectory for building the LSID component of metacat.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${build.dir}/lsid</code></td>
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      <td>lib.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the subdirectory where library (.jar) files and a number of other important files are located.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>lib</code></td>
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      <td>lsid.lib.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the subdirectory where LSID library (.jar) files are located.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${lib.dir}/lsid_lib</code></td>
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      <td>lsid.classes.dir</td>
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      <td>The relative path to the location of Java classes that support LSID.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>edu/ucsb/nceas/metacat/lsid</code></td>
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      <td>conf.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the directory where LSID configuration files are located.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>lib/lsid_conf</code></td>
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      <td>services.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the directory where LSID services configuration files are located.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${conf.dir}/services</code></td>
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      <td>webinf.dir</td>
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      <td>The name of the directory where additional LSID web services files are located.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>${conf.dir}/WEB-INF</code></td>
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      <td>compile.debug</td>
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      <td>Indicates whether Java source should be compiled with debug information.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>true</code></td>
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      <td>compile.deprecation</td>
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      <td>Indicates whether Java source should be compiled with deprecation information.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>false</code></td>
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      <td>compile.optimize</td>
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      <td>Indicates whether Java source should be compiled with optimization.</td>
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      <td>Default:&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>true</code></td>
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      <td>indexPaths</td>
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      <td>The <em>indexPaths</em> property specifies a comma-separated (potentially long) list 
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          of indexed paths that can be utilized to improve the
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          performance of metacat queries. Each component of the <em>indexPaths</em> property
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          should specify an absolute or relative path (using an XPath-like syntax) to an XML element or 
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          attribute present in the XML documents being queried. Metacat stores XML 
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          element and attribute values for indexed paths in a special database table 
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          that optimizes search performance.
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          <p>Metacat queries allow you to specify (using the &lt;pathexpr&gt; tag in search query) 
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          an exact path to which you want
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          to restrict the search. When the &lt;pathexpr&gt; path that is specified in the query
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          is a member of the <em>indexPaths</em> list, search results are returned faster 
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="2"><p><a name="Compilation and Installation"><h2>Compilation and Installation</h2></p></td>
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  <a name="protocol"></a>
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  <p>This section is only for a fresh installation. If you are upgrading an existing Metacat, please skip
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  Note: The 'data' directories that are indicated in the 'datafilepath' and
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   You now need to set up the table structure in your database.  You can 
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  <p><b>WARNING: Do NOT run this on an existing metacat installation as it
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   space. The first time you run this script you will get several errors at the 
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   beginning saying that you cannot drop a table/index/trigger because it 
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   does not exist.  This is normal.  Any other errors besides this need to be
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   resolved before continuing. The script file name for PostgreSQL is 
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     ROOTNODEID                   NUMBER(20)
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     DOCTYPE                      VARCHAR2(100)
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     DOCTITLE                     VARCHAR2(1000)
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     USER_OWNER                   VARCHAR2(100)
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     USER_UPDATED                 VARCHAR2(100)
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     SERVER_LOCATION              NUMBER(20)
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     REV                          NUMBER(10)
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     UPDATED                      NUMBER(1)
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   </pre>
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  <p>Once the tables have been created, you should also register the Ecological
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  NOT do this if you are upgrading an existing installation -- the upgrade
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  scripts take care of it for you (see the next section).</b>  If you are
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  <pre><b>ant register-schemas</b></pre> 
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  for this to work.  Also, if for some reason running this script from ant
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  does not work, you could instead try running "build/src/loaddtdschema.sql"
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  from your sql utility (but be sure to use the version in the 'build' directory
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  that has been customized for your installation).
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  <h3>Restart Tomcat</h3>
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  <p>
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   Once you have successfully installed Metacat, there is one more step.  Tomcat
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   this, login as the user that runs your tomcat server (often "tomcat"),
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   <pre>
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   <b>
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   ./shutdown.sh 
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   </pre>
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   In the Tomcat startup messages you should see something in the log file like:
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   <pre>
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	Metacat: [WARN]: Metacat (1.8.1) initialized. [edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.MetaCatServlet]
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   </pre>
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   If you see that message Tomcat is successfully loading the Metacat servlet.
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   Next, try to run your new servlet.  Go to a web browser and type:
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   <pre>http://yourserver.yourdomain.com/yourcontext/</pre>
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   You should substitute your context name for "yourcontext" in the url above.
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   If everything is working correctly, you should see a query page followed
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   by an empty result set.  Note that if you do not have Tomcat integrated with
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   Apache you will probably have to type
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   <pre>http://yourserver.yourdomain.com:8080/yourcontext/</pre>
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  <p><b>Troubleshooting</b>: If you see something like java.lang.InternalError: 
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  Can't connect to X11 window server using 'yourservanme:0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
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  <p>You should add this line: 
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  <b>JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true $JAVA_OPTS"</b> at the first line of
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  catalina.sh file in tomcat bin directory. The reason is that GeoServer uses X11 windows to draw graphics.
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  </p>
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  <h3>Deploy wsdl file (Only for EarthGrid-enabled Metacat installation) </h3>
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  <p>
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   Once Tomcat is running successfully, there is another step for EarthGrid-enabled Metacat installation. 
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