Hi Hongjun,
Hongjun Zhang wrote:
>
> To whom it may concern,
>
> I tried to validate my own catalog xml file using Catalog Validator
> (http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/validation/CatalogValidation.html).
> My xml file:
> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/isccp/netCDF/example.ctx
>
> The resule that I got is as below:
>
> ------------
> THREDDS Catalog Validation Page Results
>
> Catalog
> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/isccp/netCDF/example.ctx
>
> is Valid
>
> ----Catalog Validation version 0.6.02
>
> **Dataset (3) (Example CGD/CAS/ISCCP datasets/ISCCP.199502.T42.nc): is not
> selectable and
> does not have nested datasets
>
> **Dataset (3) (Example CGD/CAS/ISCCP datasets/ISCCP.CLM.T42.nc): is not
> selectable and
> does not have nested datasets
>
> **Dataset (3) (Example CGD/CAS/ISCCP datasets/ISCCP.SFCFLUX.nc): is not
> selectable and
> does not have nested datasets
>
> ------------
>
> My question are what the last several sentences mean, whether I need to and
> how
> to change my xml file for these error messages.
Looks like you need to add a 'serviceName="NetCDF"' attribute to each of those
datasets (or to their parent dataset [from which they would each inherit that
serviceName]).
As it stands, the document is valid but there is no way to do anything with the
three datasets. They don't have any associated access methods ("selectable") nor
do they contain child datasets.
There are a variety of ways to associate access methods to each dataset and to
confuse the matter even more there is the scope of the service elements and the
inheritance of the serviceName attribute. In your case, just adding the
serviceName attribute to each of the datasets is probably the easiest route.
Hope that makes sense,
Ethan
> Below is my xml file:
>
> <?xml version='1.0' ?>
> <!DOCTYPE catalog SYSTEM
> 'http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/xml/InvCatalog.0.6.dtd'>
> <catalog xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/thredds";
> xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; version="0.6" name="Test catalog">
> <!--documentation xlink:href="http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/index.html";
> xlink:show="new" xlink:title="CCSM home page">
> Please visit the CCSM project home page for further details about the CCSM
> modeling initiative
> </documentation-->
> <dataset name="Example CGD/CAS/ISCCP datasets">
> <service base="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/isccp/netCDF/";
> serviceType="NetCDF" name="NetCDF" />
> <dataset urlPath="ISCCP.199502.T42.nc" name="ISCCP.199502.T42.nc">
> <metadata metadataType="NetCDF"
> xlink:href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/isccp/netCDF/ISCCP.199
> 502.T42.xml" />
> </dataset>
> <dataset urlPath="ISCCP.CLM.T42.nc" name="ISCCP.CLM.T42.nc">
> <metadata metadataType="NetCDF"
> xlink:href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/isccp/netCDF/ISCCP.CLM
> .T42.xml" />
> </dataset>
> <dataset urlPath="ISCCP.SFCFLUX.nc" name="ISCCP.SFCFLUX.nc">
> <metadata metadataType="NetCDF"
> xlink:href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/isccp/netCDF/ISCCP.SFC
> FLUX.nc" />
> </dataset>
> </dataset>
> </catalog>
>
> Thanks a lot for all your help!
>
> Hongjun
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Hongjun Zhang
> Climate and Global Dynamics Division/CAS Section
> phone: (303) 497-1384 (office)
> fax : (303) 497-1333
> email: zhangho@xxxxxxxx
> ------------------------------------------------
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