GET_COLLECTION_INFO

GET_COLLECTION_INFO

Used in: REQUEST
Servers: Metadata (Browse)
Parent elements: GET_METADATA

<GET_COLLECTION_INFO	Attribute Description Table
collection ="tags" > No Child Elements </GET_COLLECTION_INFO >
Bold: Attribute or child element is required.

Description:

Retrieves information about a metadata repository.

Restrictions:

None

Notes:

See COLLECTION_INFO for response.
When a metadata document is deleted, the words from that document remain in the collection. If a user runs a search on a word that is not in the collection, the word is added to the collection and marked as having been queried once but having no actual instances.

Attribute Descriptions for GET_COLLECTION_INFO:

Attribute	Usage	Back to Top
collection	A collection is a set of zero or more published documents. A document is the set of metadata describing a dataset. A document is either unpublished or published. Unpublished documents coexist with datasets on local file systems. Published documents are accessible over the Internet through catalog services.

Examples for GET_COLLECTION_INFO:

Example 1:	Back to Top
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <ARCXML version="1.1"> <REQUEST> <GET_METADATA> <GET_COLLECTION_INFO collection="tags" /> </GET_METADATA> </REQUEST> </ARCXML>