[IPT] All space-characters in metadata are replaced to plus-character

[Tim Robertson [GBIF]]

Thanks Tero

Very curious indeed.  The single input fields are represented with + but the description field which is a Textarea on the form is not.

We'll look more into it.

Cheers,
Tim


On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Tero Mononen wrote:

> Hi
> 
> There is the original eml.xml. Is that the only file you are interested in?
> 
> 
> BR,
> Tero
> 
> On 03/09/2012 11:05 AM, Tim Robertson [GBIF] wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tero,
>> 
>> How very strange.
>> Given this is public anyway (http://db.digitarium.fi:8080/ipt/eml.do?r=nylander) would you mind attaching the file from the filesystem please?  I'd like to look at the file encoding etc.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Tero Mononen wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear Tim,
>>>  
>>> There’s only public example (Title: William+Nylander+lichen+collection):
>>> http://db.digitarium.fi:8080/ipt/resource.do?r=nylander
>>>  
>>> It’s interesting, eml.xml on file system contains line:
>>> <title xml:lang="eng">William+Nylander+lichen+collection</title>
>>>  
>>> But eml via IPT/Tomcat offers line:
>>> <title xml:lang="eng">William Nylander lichen collection</title>
>>>  
>>> It’s pure Tomcat without proxies.
>>>  
>>>  
>>> BR,
>>> Tero Mononen
>>>  
>>> From: Tim Robertson [GBIF] [mailto:trobertson at gbif.org] 
>>> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 10:37 AM
>>> To: Tero Mononen
>>> Cc: ipt at lists.gbif.org
>>> Subject: Re: [IPT] All space-characters in metadata are replaced to plus-character
>>>  
>>> Dear Tero,
>>>  
>>> Could you please provide a link to an example file?  We'll investigate, but this is not a behavior I have ever seen with a Tomcat application.
>>>  
>>> Do you run any proxies or mod_jk or anything like that?
>>>  
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Tero Mononen wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi
>>>  
>>> We have used this IPT-setup without any problems till now.
>>>  
>>> System:
>>> Version 2.0.2-r3306
>>> Apache Tomcat/6.0.24
>>> JVM 1.6.0_29-b1
>>>  
>>> Problem:
>>> All space-characters in metadata are replaced to plus-character. For example title “foo bar car” is saved as “foo+bar+car”. It affects in every text field in metadata.
>>>  
>>> If I include at least one plus-char in a text value, it prevents the space replacement. For example “foo bar car+dar” is saved as it is.
>>>  
>>> I think this is related to Java/Tomcat/urlencode. Do you have suggestions how to fix this problem?
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Tero Mononen
>>>  
>>> --
>>> Digitarium
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>>> http://www.digitarium.fi/
>>>  
>>> Tero Mononen, Analyst Programmer
>>> tero.mononen at uef.fi
>>> +358-50-5631788
>>>  
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> 
> -- 
> Digitarium
> Digitisation Centre of the Finnish Museum of Natural History and the University of Eastern Finland Faculty of Science and Forestry, Joensuu Science Park Länsikatu 15 (P.O. Box 111)
> FI-80101 Joensuu
> http://www.digitarium.fi/
> 
> Tero Mononen, Analyst Programmer
> tero.mononen at uef.fi
> +358-50-5631788
> <eml.xml>

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