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Add instructions for how to test the web registry, web ldap, and ecogrid registry service.

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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ManuallyRunScripts">Manually Run Scripts</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#UserTesting">User Testing</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#TestingSkins">Testing Skins</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#TestingWebLDAP">Testing LDAP Web Interface</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#TestingRegistry">Testing Metadata Registry</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#TestingEcogridRegistry">Testing the EcoGrid Registry Service</a></div>
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  </div>  
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  <a name="Intro"></a><div class="header1">About Metacat Testing</div>
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  <li>View main skin page by going to:
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    <div class="code">http://dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/knb/style/skins/&lt;skin_name&gt;</div>
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  for each skin, where &lt;skin_name&gt; is in:
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    <div class="code">default, nceas, esa, knb, kepler, lter, ltss, obfs, nrs, sanparks, saeon</div>
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    <div class="code">default, nceas, esa, knb, lter, ltss, obfs, nrs, sanparks, saeon</div>  
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  Note that the kepler skin is installed on a different metacat instance and can be found at:
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    <div class="code">http://kepler-dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler</div>
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  </li>
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  <li>Test logging in.  Where applicable (available on the skin) log in using an LDAP account.</li>
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  <li>Test Basic searching
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     <li>view contents for basic validity (contents exist, etc)</li>
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     </ul>
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  </li>
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  <li>Downlaod Data
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  <li>Download Data
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     <ul>
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     <li>Choose the data download</li>
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     <li>view the data for basic validity (contents exist, etc)</li>
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     <li>view the data table for basic validity (contents exist, etc)</li>
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     </ul>
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  </li>
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  </ul>
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  <a name="TestingWebLDAP"></a><div class="header2">Testing LDAP Web Interface</div>  
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  <p>The following skins use a perl based LDAP web interface to create
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     accounts, change passwords and reset forgotten passwords: </p>
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     <div class="code">default, nceas, esa, knb, lter, ltss, obfs, nrs, sanparks, saeon</div>
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  <p>Following the instructions in the <a href="#TestingSkins"> Testing Skins</a>  section
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     go to each of these skins and test:</p>
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  <ul>
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  <li>Create LDAP Account
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    <ul>
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    <li>Choose the "Create a New Account" link</li>
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    <li>Fill out the required information.
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      <ul>
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      <li>Choose a username that will be easy to find and remove from ldap later.</li>
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      <li>Use your real email address</li>
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      </ul>
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    </li>  
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    <li>Hit the "Register" button</li>
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    <li>You may see a page with similar accounts.  If so, choose to continue.</li>
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    <li>You should get a "Registration Succeeded" message.</li>
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    </ul>
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  </li>  
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  <li>Change LDAP Password (if available)</li>
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    <ul>
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    <li>Choose the "Change Your Password" link</li>
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    <li>Fill out the requested information</li>
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    <li>Hit the "Change password" button</li>
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    <li>You should get a "Your password has been changed" message.</li>
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    </ul>
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  </li>   
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  <li>Request Forgotten LDAP Password Reset
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    <ul>
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    <li>Choose the "Forgot Your Password" link</li>
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    <li>Enter your username</li>
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    <li>Hit the "Reset Password" button</li>
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    <li>You should get a "Your password has been reset" message.</li>
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    <li>You should get an email with your new password</li>
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    <li>Verify that you can log in with the new password</li>
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    </ul>
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  </li>
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  </ul>
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  <a name="TestingRegistry"></a><div class="header2">Testing Metadata Registry</div>   
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  <p>The following skins use a perl based registry service to register metadata and
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     data in metacat via the web: </p>
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     <div class="code">nceas, esa, ltss, obfs, nrs, sanparks, saeon</div>
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  <p>Following the instructions in the <a href="#TestingSkins"> Testing Skins</a> section
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     go to each of these skins and test:</p>
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  <ul>
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  <li>Choose the "Register Dataset" link</li>
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  <li>Fill out required fields.  Note that there are typically many different fields.  
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      You should test out different combinations including attaching datasets if
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      available.</li>
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  <li>Hit the "Submit Dataset" button</li>
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  <li>Review the information for accuracy</li>
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  <li>Submit the data set</li>
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  <li>You should get a "Success" message.</li>
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  <li>Search for the data set in metacat and review for accuracy</li>
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  </ul>
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  <a name="TestingEcogridRegistry"></a><div class="header2">Testing the EcoGrid Registry Service</div>  
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  <p>The EcoGrid registry service maintains a database of systems that are available to EcoGrid. Primarily, 
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  these are Metacat instances which are built with the EcoGrid service automatically activated.  Testing
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  the registry service is somewhat complicated.  The procedure described here uses Eclipse to test. 
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  These instructions assume that you have Eclipse installed and the Seek project set up as a Java project
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  in Eclipse.</p>
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  <ul>
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  <li>Configure the Seek project in Eclipse
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    <ul>
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    <li>Right click on the Seek project and go to Properties->Java Build Path->Source</li>
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    <li>Only the following two direcories should be set up as source:
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      <ul>
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/src</li>
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/tests</li>
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      </ul>
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    </li>
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    <li>Right click on the Seek project and go to Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries</li>
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    <li>Add all Jars from:
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      <ul>
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/lib/</li>
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/lib/axis-1_3/</li>
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/build/lib/</li>
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      </ul>
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    </li>  
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    <li>If you do not already have an Ant view open in Eclipse, in the menu, go to 
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        Window->Show View->Ant</li>
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    <li>drag the file from the seek project at seek/projects/ecogrid/build.xml into
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        the Ant window you just opened.</li>
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    <li>Double click the serverjar and stubjar targets to build those jar files.<li>
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    <li>Right click on the Seek project and go to Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries</li>
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    <li>Add the two Jar files you just created:
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      <ul>
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/lib/RegistryServiceImpl.jar</li> 
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      <li>seek/projects/ecogrid/lib/RegistryService-stub.jar</li>   
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      </ul> 
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  <li>View the RegistryServiceClient usage
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    <li>In Eclipse, go to the registry service client at: <br>
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        seek/projects/ecogrid/src/org/ecoinformatics/ecogrid/client/RegistryServiceClient.java</li>
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    <li>Right click on RegistryServiceClient.java and go to Run As->Open Run Dialog</li>
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    <li>Name it something like "RegistryServiceClient noargs" since you are running it without arguments.</li>
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    <li>Hit the "Apply" button and then the "Run" button.</li>
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    <li>Proceed past the project error warning dialog</li>
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    <li>In the Eclipse console you should see usage instructions that look like:
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      <ul>
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      <li>Usage: java RegistryServiceClient add session_id local_file GSH</li>
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      <li>Usage: java RegistryServiceClient update session_id  docid local_file GSH</li>
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      <li>Usage: java RegistryServiceClient remove session_id docid GSH</li>
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      <li>Usage: java RegistryServiceClient list session_id GSH</li>
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      <li>Usage: java RegistryServiceClient query session_id query_field query_string GSH</li>
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      </ul>
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    <li>Note: now you can run the client using the green "run" button in the Eclipse
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    menu. We will use that button from now on, instead of going to the java file.</li>
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  <li>List Registry Services on dev
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    <ul>
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    <li>In Eclipse, go to the green run button dropdown and choose "Open Run Dialog"</li>
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    <li>Right click on the "RegistryServiceClient noargs" configuration you created earlier and choose "duplicate".</li>   
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    <li>Name your new configuration "RegistryServiceClient list dev.nceas"
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    <li>Go to the Arguments tab and enter: list 12345 http://dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/registry/services/RegistryService
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      <ul>
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      <li>This conforms to the list usage we saw earlier</li>
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      <li>Note that the session ID is not needed for listing, so we include a random value.</li>
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      <li>GSH always refers to the server where the registry database is held.</li>
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      </ul>
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    </li>
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    <li>Choose "Run"</li>
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    <li>Proceed past the project error warning dialog</li>
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    <li>You should see a listing of details for all services registered on the dev server.</li>
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  <li>Register a new  service on dev
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    <li>Look in your service list you just printed and find a service that has a 
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        service type of: http://ecoinformatics.org/identifierservice-1.0.0</li>
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    <li>Get the service ID and use it to get the xml description from dev metacat by going to:</br>
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        http://kepler-dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/metacat/&lt;service_id&gt;</li>
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    <li>Save the file to disk</li>
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    <li>Edit the file and change the id to something unique and the description to be something
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        easily recognizable.</li>
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    <li>In the browser, go to: http://kepler-dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/style/skins/dev/login.html</li>
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    <li>Log in and make note of the sessionId that was returned</li>
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    <li>In Eclipse, go to the green run button dropdown and choose "Open Run Dialog"</li>
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    <li>Right click on the "RegistryServiceClient noargs" configuration you created earlier and choose "duplicate".</li>   
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    <li>Name your new configuration "RegistryServiceClient add-test dev.nceas"
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    <li>Go to the Arguments tab and enter: add &lt;sessionId&gt; &lt;xml_file_path&gt; http://dev.nceas.ucsb.edu/registry/services/RegistryService
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      <ul>
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      <li>This conforms to the add usage we saw earlier</li>
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      <li>The &lt;sessionId&gt; is the id you got after loggin in via the dev skin.</li>
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      <li>The &lt;xml_file_path&gt; is the full path to the descriptor file you downloaded and modified.</li>
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      <li>GSH always refers to the server where the registry database is held.</li>
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      </ul>
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    </li>
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    <li>Choose "Run"</li>
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    <li>Proceed past the project error warning dialog</li>
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    <li>You should see a message saying: "The new id is &lt;id&gt;, where &lt;id&gt; is the unique id
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        you added to the service descriptor file.</li>
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    <li>Follow the instructions shown above to list services to make sure your new service shows up</li>
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