Frequently asked Questions on MDweb 2

on Installation process

#Question 1: on tomcat i'm getting a lot of html/javascript log into the logs, how can i avoid this ?

  Response 1: you have to remove two properties files :

• commons-logging.properties 
• log4j.properties

You can remove this directly into the deployed directory or into the war file. Those files are located into <warName>/WEB-INF/classes

#Question 2: I get the following error when i deployed mdweb : Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: [Ljava.lang.String;

Response 2: add the following property to the JAVA_OPTS: -Dsun.lang.ClassLoader.allowArraySyntax=true (you can use the catalina.bat/sh to set this property in tomcat). Restart your tomcat server

#Question 3: i'm getting the following exception suite:

INFO: Illegal access: this web application instance has been stopped already.  Could not load META-INF/services/org.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration.  The eventual following stack trace is caused by an error thrown for debugging purposes as well as to attempt to terminate the thread which caused the illegal access, and has no functional impact. 13 nov. 2008 16:03:48 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start GRAVE: Error listenerStart

Response 3: just restart you application server.

#Question 4: The CSW service don't run and the database connection failed

Response 4:  the folder .sicade which contains properties files,  must be in the home directory of the user which starts the java application server.

 On MDweb Administration

#Question 1: what is the default login pwd to connect to the admininstration panel?

Response 1: login : admin ; password : adminadmin

#Question 2: I made a mistake during metadata editing and i want to delete a metadataset directly on Database ?

Response 2:

to delete a metadataset on MDweb database via SQL commands :
id is metadataset identifier 

id = n

-delete the entries on Storage.Values table
delete from "Storage"."Values" where form = n;

-delete the entries on  Storage.ImportForms table
delete from "Storage"."ImportForms" where form = n;

-delete the entries on Storage.Forms table
delete from "Storage"."Forms" where identifier = n;

-delete the entries on de public."Markers" view.
delete from public."Markers" where idform = n;
and run the SQL script search_schema.sql (this script build or update the search view where the lucene component build the search index)

 On MDweb 2 features

1. Why a new version on JAVA/JEE technology ? 
2. What is the features of MDweb 2 beta ?
3. I work on MDweb 1.5 or 1.6, Can i export my catalog on MDweb 2 ?
4. I work on MDweb 1.5 or 1.6 and i build an geographic database to provide a mapbuilder client, can i use it on MDweb 2 ?
5. I work on MDweb 1.5 or 1.6 and i build an thesaurus database, can i use it on MDweb 2 ?
6. What kind of metadata MDweb 2 can manage and display ?
7. My organisation have an ISO 19115 catalog managed by an other cataloging tool, can i change to  MDweb 2 without looses of metadata sheets
8. How can i retrieve metadata from MDweb 2 using on other cataloging tool ?