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<div class="header1">Table of Contents</div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#Intro">Introduction</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#DifferentOptions">Different Installation Options</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ThisDoc">Organization Of This Page</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#QuickInstallation">Quick Installation</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatInstall">Download Metacat Package</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#CreateDirs">Create Metacat Directories</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallJava">Install Java</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallApache">Install Apache</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallTomcat">Install Tomcat</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallPostgres">Install PostgreSQL Database</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickInstallMetacatWar">Install Metacat War</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickInstallLsidWar">Install LSID War</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigureMetacatInstall">Configure Metacat</a></div> 
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#QuickUpdate">Quick Update</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatUpdate">Download Metacat Package</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#BackupApplication">Backup Existing Metacat Installation</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickUpdateMetacatWar">Update Metacat War</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickUpdateLsidWar">Update LSID War</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigureMetacatUpdate">Configure Metacat</a></div> 
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#PreInstallation">Pre-Installation</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#MinRequirements">Minimum Requirements</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalRequiredSoftware">Additional Required Software</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareSetup">Additional Software Setup</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareJava">Java</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareOracle">Oracle</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwarePostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareAnt">Ant</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareApache">Apache</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareTomcat">Tomcat</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#DownloadingMetacat">Download Metacat and Get War File</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatBinary">Download Metacat Binary and Get War File</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatSourceDist">Download Metacat Source Distribution</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#DownloadMetacatSourceSVN">Download Metacat Source From SVN</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#CreateSourceWar">Create War From Source</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#InstallingMetacat">Installing Metacat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#CreateMetacatDirs">Create Metacat Directories</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallMetacatWar">Install Metacat Binary (War)</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallMetacatSource">Install Metacat From Source</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#UpgradingMetacat">Upgrading Existing Metacat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeStopMetacat">Stop the Running Metacat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeDownloadMetacat">Download Latest Metacat Application</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeMetacatWar">Upgrade Metacat Binary (War)</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeMetacatSource">Upgrade Metacat From Source</a></div>
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   <div class="toc1"><a href="#RestartTomcat">Restart Tomcat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeTroubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeConfigureMetacat">Configure Metacat</a></div>       
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#Registry">Web Based Registry</a></div>
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<a name="Intro"></a><div class="header1">Introduction</div>
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  <a name="DifferentOptions"></a><div class="header2">Different Installation Options</div>
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  <p>There are many different options to consider when installing Metacat.  Some of these
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  <ul>
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  <li>Operating System - Metacat is a Java servlet application.  As such, you can run
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  it on many different operating system.  It has been tested against Linux, MacOS and 
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  MicroSoft Windows.  The optimal installation is on Ubuntu Linux.</li>
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  <li>Tomcat standalone or in conjunction with Apache web server - The Tomcat server 
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  can be run alone as a web server.  However, it is not as robust a server,
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  and does't allow for the same level of customization as Apache.  The recommended 
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  configuration is Tomcat running in conjunction with Apache</li>
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  <li>Binary versus source installation - There are three ways to get and install 
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  the Metacat installation.
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  	<li>Binary Distribution Installation - download the Metacat war distribution and install it 
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  	into the web applications directory</li>
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  	<li>Source Distribution Installation - download the source code distribution, build it and 
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  	install the resultant war file into the web application directory.</li>
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  	<li>Source Checkout Installation - check the source code out from the Subversion 
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  	repository, build it and install the resultant war file into the web application directory.</li>
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  The recommended installation procedure is binary distribution installation.</li>
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  <p>The administrator will need to decide which combinations of these option are best
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  <a name="ThisDoc"></a><div class="header2">Organization Of This Page</div>
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  <p> The first couple of sections on this page deal with quick command line 
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  instructions for installing and upgrading Metacat in the optimal environment, which
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  is a binary distribution installation with Apache on Ubuntu Linux.</p>
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  <p>The remainder of the page deals with more detailed instructions including other 
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<a name="QuickInstallation"></a><div class="header1">Quick Installation</div>
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  <p>These are the installation instructions for a system that has Ubuntu 8.04 installed
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  <a name="DownloadMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header2">Download Metacat Package</div>
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      <a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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      In the Metacat section, select the link that looks like:
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	  <div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally.</li>
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    <li>Extract the Metacat package files by typing:
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      <div class="code">tar -xvzf metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div></li>
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    <li>You should see a war file and several supporting files.  The location where these files
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    were extracted will be refered to as the the &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt; for the remainder 
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    of this documentation.</li>
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  <a name="CreateDirs"></a><div class="header2">Create Metacat Directories</div>
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    <li>Create the metacat utility base directory by typing:
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      <div class="code">sudo mkdir /var/metacat</div>
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	  <div class="code">sudo chown -R &lt;tomcat_user&gt; /var/metacat</div>
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	starting Tomcat as the root user, you do not need to run the chown command.</li>
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  <a name="InstallJava"></a><div class="header2">Install Java</div>
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    <li>Install Java by typing:
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      <div class="code">sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk</div></li>
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	<li>hit "ok" then "yes" for license agreement</li>
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  <a name="InstallApache"></a><div class="header2">Install Apache</div>
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    <li>Install Apache and and Mod JK packages by typing:	
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    <li>Set up Mod JK apache configuration by typing:
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/jk.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/workers.properties /etc/apache2</div></li>
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    <li>Set up and enable knb (Metacat) site configurations by typing:
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/knb /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo a2ensite knb</div></li>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/authority /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo a2ensite authority</div></li>
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      <div class="code">sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload</div></li>
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    <li>Install Tomcat 5.5 by typing:
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      <div class="code">sudo mv /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5.bak</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/tomcat5.5 /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5</div></li>
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    <li>Install PostgreSQL by typing:</p>
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    <li>Setup empty Metacat database instance editing the postgreSQL configuration file:  
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      <div class="code">gedit /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf</div></li>
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      <div class="code">host metacat metacat 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 password</div></li>
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	where your_password is whatever password you would like for the metacat user.</li>
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	<li>Log out of the postgres user account by typing:
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  <a name="QuickInstallMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Install Metacat War</div> 
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	  <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/knb.war /usr/share/tomcat5.5/webapps</div></li>
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  <a name="ConfigureMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header2">Configure Metacat</div> 
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    <p>Refer to the documentation on <a href="./metacat-configure.html">Metacat Confguration</a>
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  <a name="QuickUpdate"></a><div class="header1">Quick Update</div>
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  <p>These are the instructions for a system that already has Metacat installed on it, 
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    where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally.</li>
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  <a name="BackupApplication"></a><div class="header2">Backup Existing Metacat Installation</div>
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    <li>To be safe, it is best to backup the existing Metacat installation.  Do so by typing: </p>
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  <a name="QuickUpdateMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Update Metacat War</div> 
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	  <div class="code">sudo cp knb.war /usr/share/tomcat5.5/webapps</div></li>
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  <a name="QuickUpdateLsidWar"></a><div class="header2">Update LSID War</div> 
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  <a name="ConfigureMetacatUpdate"></a><div class="header2">Configure Metacat</div> 
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    <p>Refer to the documentation on <a href="./metacat-configure.html">Metacat Confguration</a>
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<a name="PreInstallation"></a><div class="header1">Pre-Installation</div>
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  <a name="MinRequirements"></a><div class="header2">Minimum Requirements</div> 
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  <p>
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   Installing Metacat requires a server running an SQL92 compliant database
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   (Oracle 8i or Postgresql recommended) with at least 128MB RAM, and a Pentium III class
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   installation).  These instructions assume a Linux environment but may
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  <a name="AdditionalRequiredSoftware"></a><div class="header2">Additional Required Software</div>
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  <p>
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   The server on which you wish to install Metacat must have the following
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   software installed and running correctly before attempting to install
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   Metacat.
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     <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com">Oracle 8i</a> (or another SQL92
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     <li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html">Apache Jakarta-Ant</a>
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     <li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/index.html">Apache Jakarta-Tomcat</a>
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       <p class="emphasis">Note: For a more robust web serving environment, 
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<a name="AdditionalSoftwareSetup"></a><div class="header1">Additional Software Setup</div>
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  <a name="AdditionalSoftwareJava"></a><div class="header2">Java</div>
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  <p>You'll need a recent Java SDK; J2SE 1.4.2 or later is required.  The latest metacat release
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  has been tested most extensively with <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/">J2SE 5.0</a>
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  Make sure that JAVA_HOME environment variable is properly set and that both
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  <a name="AdditionalSoftwareOracle"></a><div class="header2">Oracle 8i</div>
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  <p>The Oracle RDBMS must be installed and running as a daemon on the system.
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   In addition the JDBC listener must be enabled.  You can enable it by
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   rejected by Metacat it is probably because the user permissions are not
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  <p>PostgreSQL can be easily installed on most linux distributions and on
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  via jdbc.  See the postgres documentation for this, but here is a quick 
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     <li>Switch to the "postgres" user account 
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       <div class="code">sudo su - postgres</div></li>
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     <li>Edit "data/pg_hba.conf", adding the following line to the file:<br>
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       <div class="code">host   metacat  metacat      127.0.0.1         255.255.255.255   password</div>
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       <div class="code">host   metacat  metacat      ::1               ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff password</div></li>
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     <li>If you are using Postgresql pre-8.0, you must edit the "data/postgres.conf" file and uncomment and edit the line
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       <div class="code">tcpip_socket = true</div></li>
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     <li>Create metacat database by typing: 
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       <div class="code">createdb metacat</div></li>
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     <li>Log in using the postgres account and create a new "metacat" user account by typing:
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       <div class="code">psql metacat</div> 
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        <li>In postgres, run <div class="code">CREATE USER metacat WITH UNENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'apasswordyoulike';</div></li>
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    <p>Browse to the 
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  <p>To get the Metacat source distribution, browse to the 
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    <p>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally in the directory 
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    where your source should live.</p>
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      <div class="code">tar -xvzf metacat-src-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>or, on Windows, use your system unzip utility to extract the zip file.</p>
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    <p>Rename the metacat-X.X.X directory to metacat.</p>
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    <p>Note that you do not need to create the war file directly with a source installation
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<a name="DownloadMetacatSourceSVN"></a><div class="header2">Download Metacat Source From SVN</div>
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  <p>If you are checking out Metacat code from the SVN repository, you will need both 
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  utilities and seek) have not yet been migrated.  Eventually, SVN will be the only versioning 
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  client you will need.  You will need to make sure you have the appropriate accounts on these 
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  source distribution.  These have all the required dependencies built in.</p>
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  <p>If you have not already installed Subversion and you are running Ubuntu/Debian, you can 
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      <div class="code">svn co https://code.ecoinformatics.org/code/metacat/tags/METACAT_&lt;rev&gt; metacat</div>
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    <p>You should see a list of files as they check out.</p>
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    for you.  See the <a href="#InstallingMetacat">Installing Metacat</a> for instructions.</p>
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<a name="InstallingMetacat"></a><div class="header1">Installing Metacat</div>
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  <p>This section is only for a new installation. If you are upgrading an existing Metacat, please skip
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  <a name="CreateMetacatDirs"></a><div class="header2">Create Metacat Directories</div>
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    <p>Metacat uses a base directory to store such things as store data and metadata,
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    temporary files and configuration backups.  This directory should be outside of the 
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    Tomcat application directory since the application directory gets wiped out during an
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      <div class="code">sudo mkdir <metacat_base_dir></div>
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	  <div class="code">sudo chown -R &lt;tomcat_user&gt; /var/metacat</div>
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  <a name="InstallMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Install Metacat Binary (War)</div> 
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    <p>Copy the war file to Tomcat:</p>
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	  <div class="code">sudo cp knb.war &lt;tomcat_app_dir&gt;</div>
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  <a name="InstallMetacatSource"></a><div class="header2">Install Metacat From Source</div> 
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    <p>You will need Apache Ant to do the build.  If you have not already 
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    installed Ant and you are running Ubuntu/Debian, you can get it by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo apt-get install ant</div>
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    <p>You should now have the Metacat source in a directory named "metacat" in your
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      <div class="code">&lt;metacat_src_dir&gt;/build.properties</div> 
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    <p>Make sure that the "build.tomcat.dir" property is set to your tomcat installation
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    directory.  For instance:</p>
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    <p>Make sure that the "app.deploy.dir" property is set to your application deployment
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    <p>If your cvs user is something other than the user your are logged in as, you
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    will need to change the ${env.USER} part of the cvsroot property to be your cvs 
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      <div class="code">cvsroot=:ext:cvs-user@cvs.ecoinformatics.org:/cvs</div>
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    <p> where your cvs user name is "cvs-user"</p> 
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    <p>In the &lt;metacat_src_dir&gt;, run: </p>
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      <div class="code">ant clean install</div>
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    <p>You will see the individual modules get built.  You will be prompted
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    <p>You should see a new file named knb.war in your application deployment directory.</div>
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  <a name="ApacheConfig"></a><div class="header2">Configure Apache</div> 
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    <p>You have the option of running Tomcat stand-alone or with with the Apache web
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    server.  Running with Apache is the more traditional setup since Apache is a 
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    more robust web server.  There are some initial setup steps to get Apache talking
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    to the Metacat application at the </p>
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	  <a href="./metacat-apache-config.html"> the Metacat Apache Configuration page</a></p>
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<a name="UpgradingMetacat"></a><div class="header1">Upgrading Existing Metacat</div>
579
  <a name="protocol"></a>
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  <p>The following instructions are for upgrading an existing Metacat.
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582
  <a name="UpgradeStopMetacat"></a><div class="header2">Stop the Running Metacat</div>
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   <p>To do this, login as the user that runs your tomcat server (often "tomcat"),
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   go to &lt;tomcat_home&gt;/bin and type:</p>
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   <div class="code">./shutdown.sh</div>  
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  <a name="UpgradeDownloadMetacat"></a><div class="header2">Download Latest Metacat Application</div>
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    <p>Browse to the 
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      <a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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      In the Metacat section, select the link that looks like:</p>
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	  <div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally.</p>
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    <p>Extract the Metacat package files by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">tar -xvzf metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>You should see several files:</p>
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    <ul>
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    <li>knb.war - the Metacat application web archive file.</li>
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    <li>knb - the web definition file used by Apache on ubuntu/debian Linux systems.</li>
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    <li>jk.conf - the JkMount configuration file used by Apache on ubuntu/debian Linux systems.</li>
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    <li>workers.properties - the workers definition file used by Apache on ubuntu/debian Linux systems.</li>
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    <li>tomcat5.5 - the Tomcat startup script for Tomcat 5.5 installed with apt-get on ubuntu/debian Linux systems.</li>
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    <li>authority - the optional LSID Server application web archive file.</li>
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    </ul>
606
    
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    <p>The location where these files
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    were extracted will be refered to as the the &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt; for the remainder 
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    of this documentation.</p>
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   <a name="UpgradeMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Upgrade Metacat Binary (War)</div> 
612
    <p>Tomcat will look for it's application files (war files) in a configured directory.  
613
    This is typically the &lt;tomcat_home&gt;/webapps directory, but your instance of Tomcat may 
614
    be configured to look in a different directory.  We will refer to your Tomcat application directory 
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    as &lt;tomcat_app_dir&gt;.</p>
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    <p>If desired, back up your existing war file with a date:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo mv &lt;tomcat_app_dir&gt;/knb.war &lt;tomcat_app_dir&gt;/knb.war.&lt;yyyymmdd&gt;</div>
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    <p>Copy the war file to the Tomcat applications directory:</p>
621
	  <div class="code">sudo cp knb.war &lt;tomcat_app_dir&gt;</div>
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	<p>Remove (or rename) the existing application directory:</p>
623
	  <div class="code">sudo rm -rf &lt;tomcat_home&gt;/webapps/knb</div>
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	  <p> or </p>
625
	  <div class="code">sudo mv &lt;tomcat_home&gt;/webapps/knb &lt;tomcat_home&gt;/webapps/knb.&lt;yyyymmdd&gt;</div>
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	<p>Restart Tomcat:</p>  
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	  <div class="code">sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart</div>
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	<p>Tomcat will expand your war file into a new application directory at startup time.</p>
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  <a name="UpgradeMetacatSource"></a><div class="header2">Upgrade Metacat From Source</div>
631
    <p>The steps to upgrade Metacat from source are the same as installing from source.  See
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    the <a href="#InstallMetacatSource">Install Metacat From Source</a> section above.</p>
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634
  <a name="RestartTomcat"></a><div class="header1">Restart Tomcat</div>
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    <p>Once you have successfully installed Metacat, there is one more step.  Tomcat
636
    (and Apache if you have Tomcat integrated with it) must be restarted.  To do
637
    this, login as the user that runs your tomcat server (often "tomcat"),
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    go to &lt;tomcat_home&gt;/bin and type: </p>
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      <div class="code">./startup.sh</div>
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    <p>In the Tomcat startup messages you should see something in the log file like:</p>
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      <div class="code">Metacat: [WARN]: Metacat (1.8.0) initialized. [edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.MetaCatServlet]</div>
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    If you see that message Tomcat has successfully loaded the Metacat servlet.
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    Next, try to run your new servlet.  Go to a web browser and type:</p>
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      <div class="code">http://yourserver.yourdomain.com/yourcontext/</div>
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    <p>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</p>
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    <div class="code">http://yourserver.yourdomain.com:8080/yourcontext/</div>
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  <a name="UpgradeTroubleshooting"></a><div class="header2">Troubleshooting</div>
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  <p>If you see something like: 
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    <div class="code">java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to X11 window server using 'yourservanme:0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.</div>
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  <p>You should add this line: </p>
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    <div class="code">JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true $JAVA_OPTS"</div> 
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  <p>at the first line of the catalina.sh file in the tomcat bin directory. The reason is that 
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  GeoServer uses X11 windows to draw graphics.</p>
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  <a name="UpgradeConfigureMetacat"></a><div class="header2">Configure Metacat</div>
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  <p>Once you see the Metacat configuration screen, you can follow the instructions in the 
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  <a href="./metacat-configure.html"> Configuring Metacat Section</a> 
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  to complete the internal configuration of Metacat.</p>
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<a name="Registry"></a><div class="header1">Web Based Registry</div>
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  <p>The registry allows users to upload simple metadata documents directly from the web.  See the separate 
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