CHANGE_OWNER

CHANGE_OWNER

Used in: REQUEST
Servers: Metadata (Publish)
Parent elements: PUBLISH_METADATA

<CHANGE_OWNER	Attribute Description Table
*docid ="string"* *newowner ="string"* > No Child Elements </CHANGE_OWNER >
Bold: Attribute or child element is required.

Description:

Allows a new owner to be assigned to a document. A document can only be edited by its owner.

Restrictions:

This request is available only to users who have the role metadata_administrator in the access control list.
In order to change owners, the owner must be listed in the Metadata Services users table. To be included in the users table, an owner must log in at least once. At this point, document ownership can be changed.

Notes:

See METADATA_ACTION for response.

Attribute Descriptions for CHANGE_OWNER:

Attribute	Usage	Back to Top
docid	String used to uniquely identify a document. The client used to publish the metadata is responsible for creating the document ID. This ID is automatically assigned when using ArcCatalog. If another client is used, GET_UUID can be used to request a valid ID. The format for an ID is the following: {HHHHHHHH-HHHH-HHHH-HHHH-HHHHHHHHHHHH} where H is a hexadecimal digit (0-9,a-f,A-F). The ID is limited to 38 characters.
newowner	New owner name. Must be a value that you already used when logging in.

Examples for CHANGE_OWNER:

Example 1:	Back to Top
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <ARCXML version="1.1"> <REQUEST> <PUBLISH_METADATA> <CHANGE_OWNER docid="{5289D9C3-55BD-4D58-A9DD-24B40427F943}" newowner="publish" /> </PUBLISH_METADATA> </REQUEST> </ARCXML>