[LON-CAPA-users] default.meta files

[Itay]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014, at 02:54 PM, Raymond Batchelor wrote:
> I don't believe the web interface provides any direct means of
> downloading uploading the default.meta files.

Maybe through the option to dump course materials?  (Not tested.)

> I think you'd need linux shell access to download or upload these files.
> It does 'seem' at times that it would be nice to be able to do what you
> suggest, although I have never found it to be too much bother to just
> fill out the web form as needed.

Agreed.

Thanks.
Itay
 
> Example of the contents of such a text file:
> 
> <abstract></abstract>
> <author></author>
> <copyright>custom</copyright>
> <courserestricted>none</courserestricted>
> <customdistributionfile>/res/somedomain/somepath/somename.rights</customdistributionfile>
> <highestgradelevel>0</highestgradelevel>
> <keywords></keywords>
> <language>notset </language>
> <lowestgradelevel>0</lowestgradelevel>
> <notes></notes>
> <obsoletereplacement></obsoletereplacement>
> <sourceavail>closed</sourceavail>
> <sourcerights></sourcerights>
> <standards></standards>
> <subject></subject>
> <title></title>
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Batchelor" <batchelo at sfu.ca>
> To: "Discussion list for LON-CAPA users"
> <lon-capa-users at mail.lon-capa.org>
> Sent: Monday, 27 October, 2014 05:34:39
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] default.meta files
> 
> When you are viewing the directory screen of your construction space,
> there is a dropbox near the top left, called 
> "Actions for current directory".
> One of the items which you can select is ""Edit Metadata".  This allows
> your to fill-out some fields of the default metadata file.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Itay" <itayf at nospammail.net>
> To: "Discussion list for LON-CAPA users"
> <lon-capa-users at mail.lon-capa.org>
> Sent: Monday, 27 October, 2014 00:18:39
> Subject: [LON-CAPA-users] default.meta files
> 
> Hi 
> Whenever I click the "publish" button for a resource there is a list of
> notifications of the form 
> " No file: /priv/SOME/PATH/default.meta " 
> The contextual online help doesn't say much about those files, rather it
> speaks about meta data in general. 
> Otherwise I didn't find any mention of these files in the online author
> guide. 
> My assumption is that having such files will ease the process of
> publishing. 
> My questions: 
> 1. How can I create these default meta files. 
> 2. Once they would be created: would I be able to edit them offline (as I
> would with problem files)? 
> Examples of meta files, or pointers to further documentation would be
> great. 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Itay 
> 
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> Raymond J. Batchelor, PhD.
> Department of Chemistry
> Simon Fraser University
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> Department of Chemistry
> Simon Fraser University
> 
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