Hi Doug,
We generally use the dataset ID for more URL friendly names.
Ethan
On 10/7/2011 11:57 AM, Doug Lindholm wrote:
> Hi Ethan,
>
> It essentially comes down to a long name vs a short name issue. I want
> to use the title for a human readable long name, but I'd like to be able
> to address the catalogs (and the datasets within them) with more
> concise, URL friendly names.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
> On 10/7/11 11:40 AM, Ethan Davis wrote:
>> Hi Doug,
>>
>> In a catalogRef element, the 'xlink:title' attribute is used to name the
>> catalogRef, the 'name' attribute is ignored. In an InvCatalogRef object
>> you still access the name with getName()/setName().
>>
>> The 'alias' attribute is not an alternate name for the dataset (if that
>> is why you're trying to set it). Rather, an 'alias' value references
>> another dataset in the catalog (by ID). The intent is to allow the same
>> dataset to appear in multiple places in the same catalog without having
>> to duplicate all the metadata and such. All properties and metadata in a
>> dataset with an 'alias' attribute is ignored in favor of that from the
>> referenced dataset.
>>
>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/catalog/v1.0.2/InvCatalogSpec.html#alias
>>
>>
>> If you want to explain the reason you are trying to set both
>> 'xlink:title' and 'name', we can try to come up with another solution.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ethan
>>
>> On 10/5/2011 9:21 AM, Doug Lindholm wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to set a "name" or "alias" attribute in a catalogRef
>>> element, but InvCatalogRef.getName() returns the xlink:title and
>>> getAlias() returns null. The spec (and API) implies that the catalog ref
>>> should behave as a dataset in this regard. Any suggestions short of
>>> parsing the catalog xml myself?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Doug
>>
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