Hi Bruce,
Thanks for the reply. We do have a generic email address for the contact but
we want to know who entered the metadata (so that we know who to blame if
there is inappropriate content ;--)) but for privacy reasons we can't make
that information public.
I would be quite surprised if we are the only organisation that wants to keep
some of the content private.
Thanks.
John
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Subject: Re: Can GeoNetwork hide content of the XML elements to the public
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IMO:
John,
Why don't you just use a role (e.g. ga_topo_custodian) with an associated
generic email alias?
This will protect your privacy concerns, but still allow potential users of
the data to follow up with queries.
Bruce Bannerman
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SubjectCan GeoNetwork hide content of the XML elements to the public
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Hi All,
We have a situation where we want to include some information in the
metadata, such as a person's name, but we don't want that information to be
seen by the public for, let's say, privacy reasons.
Does GeoNetwork allow editors to hide the content of elements to the public?
If not, I notice that there is an attribute called 'gco:nilReason' which can
have a value of "withheld". Maybe GN could be configured so if it found an
element with the gco:nilReason attribute value equal to "withheld" then all
the content of that element and its subelements could be hidden. Is this a
good idea? Is it easy to configure?
Surely someone else has had this need.
Thanks.
John Hockaday
Geoscience Australia
GPO Box 378
Canberra ACT 2601
(02) 6249 9735
http://www.ga.gov.au/
john.hockaday\@ga.gov.au
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