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

[Hannu Saarenmaa]

I have tried Firfefox and IE on Win7 and Firefox on Linux.  Behavior is 
the same.

Hannu

On 2012-03-09 11:54, Kyle Braak [GBIF] wrote:
> Dear Tero,
>
> Can I kindly ask you to fill in a bug report on the IPT Project Site: 
> http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/issues/entry
>
> In addition to the IPT version, Java version, and Tomcat version, can 
> you also specify the Operating System you are using (with version), as 
> well as the browser  (with version) that you are using to fill in the 
> metadata? Out of curiosity, have you tried entering metadata through 
> different browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE)?
>
> This will help us try and reproduce the problem ourselves so that if 
> there is something wrong with the application we can fix it ASAP.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Kyle
> On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Tim Robertson [GBIF] wrote:
>
>> 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 <mailto: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
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>>>>> Tero Mononen, Analyst Programmer
>>>>> tero.mononen at uef.fi <mailto:juha.lehtonen at uef.fi>
>>>>> +358-50-5631788
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>>> Tero Mononen, Analyst Programmer
>>> tero.mononen at uef.fi
>>> +358-50-5631788
>>> <eml.xml>
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