Metacat

  <p><b>Data Upload (PUT)</b>

  insertion process for an XML file.

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    <TH WIDTH="50%">Metacat Server Interface functions</TH>

    <TH WIDTH="50%">Parameter list</TH>

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    <TD><small>Structured query search through Metacat DB </TD>

    <TD><small>action=squery <br>

      query <br>

      returndoc <br>

      username <br>

      groupname </TD>

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    <TD><small>Structured query search. Query parts provided in the parameter 

    list </TD>

    <TD><small>action=query <br>

      meta_file_id <br>

      querytitle <br>

      doctype <br>

      returnfield <br>

      operator <br>

      casesensitive <br>

      searchmode <br>

      anyfield </TD>

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    <TD><small> Read XML document from Metacat DB, transform into qformat 

    and return it </TD>

    <TD><small> action=read <br>

      docid <br>

      qformat </TD>

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    <TD><small> Read XML document <br>

      - from Metacat DB if url=Metacat://... <br>

      - from Internet if url=http:// <br>

      Transform into qformat and return it </TD>

    <TD><small>  action=read <br>

      docid <br>

      qformat </TD>

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    <TD><small> Read abstract data of a document and return it </TD>

    <TD><small> action=getabstract <br>

      abstractpath <br>

      docid </TD>

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    <TD><small> Write XML document into Metacat DB </TD>

    <TD><small> action=insert <br>

      docid <br>

      doctext <br>

      username <br>

      groupname </TD>

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    <TD><small> Modify existing in Metacat Db XML document with new content 

    provided </TD>

    <TD><small> action=update <br>

      docid <br>

      doctext <br>

      username <br>

      groupname </TD>

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    <TD><small> Delete existing in Metacat Db XML document </TD>

    <TD><small> action=delete <br>

      docid <br>

      username <br>

      groupname </TD>

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    <TD><small> Validate XML document </TD>

    <TD><small>  action=validate <br>

      docid <br>

      valtext <br>

      username <br>

      groupname </TD>

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    <TD><small> Read XML document from Metacat Db and related documents if 

    they exist and return them in zip file </TD>

    <TD><small> action=getdatadoc <br>

      docid <br>

      relation </TD>

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    <TD><small> Read all different document types currently available in 

    Metacat Db </TD>

    <TD><small> action=getdoctypes </TD>

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    <TD><small> Read Data Guide for specified doctype </TD>

    <TD><small> action=getdataguide <br>

      doctype </TD>

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    <TD><small> Login to Metacat Server </TD>

    <TD><small>  action=login <br>

      username <br>

      password </TD>

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    <TD><small> Logout from Metacat Server </TD>

    <TD><small> action=logout </TD>

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  <P><b>HTTP parameters for Metacat Server </b>

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    <TH>Name</TH>

    <TH>Value</TH>

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    <TD VALIGN=TOP>&nbsp;action</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;squery <br>

        &nbsp;query <br>

        &nbsp;getdocument <br>

        &nbsp;getrelateddocument <br>

        &nbsp;getabstract <br>

        &nbsp;insert <br>

        &nbsp;update <br>

        &nbsp;delete <br>

        &nbsp;validate <br>

        &nbsp;getdatadoc <br>

        &nbsp;getdoctypes <br>

        &nbsp;getdataguide <br>

        &nbsp;login <br>

        &nbsp;logout </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;query</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>XML text of query that conforms to pathquery.dtd</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;returndoc</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>array of doctypes to backtrack against</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;doctype</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>document type list</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;docid</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>docid of document</i></TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;doctext</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>XML text of document to be load into db</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;valtext</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>XML text of document to be validated</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;abstractpath</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>XML path to the abstract node to be read</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;url</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>URL to document. It can be of type Metacat or http</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;relation</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>List of URLs to documents. They can be of type Metacat or 

    http</i> </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;qformat</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;xml <br>&nbsp;html </TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;username</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>username for authentication and connection to the server</i></TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;password</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;<i>user's password for authentication</i> </TD>

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