Hi Doug,
Try "ID" instead of "id". Dataset IDs must be unique in a catalog.
Ethan
On 10/10/2011 10:36 AM, Doug Lindholm wrote:
> Hi Ethan,
>
> I tried using "id" in my catalogRef, but it is also null in the
> InvCatalogRef object. Is there a way I can specify and use a short name
> for a catalogRef so I don't have to use the title? For example, consider:
>
> catalog.xml:
> <catalogRef name="doug" xlink:title="Doug's Catalog"
> xlink:href="doug_cat.xml"/>
>
> doug_cat.xml:
> <catalog name="My Catalog">
> <dataset name="foo">
> ...
>
> I'd like to reference the dataset as "doug/foo" and not "Doug's
> Catalog/foo" (and certainly not "Doug's Catalog/My Catalog/foo").
>
> I could always parse the XML myself, but I like the idea of being able
> to use the THREDDS Java API.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
> On 10/7/11 12:07 PM, Ethan Davis wrote:
>> 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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