[GeoNetwork-users] GN 2.1: Harvesting from an esri CS-W node

Hi all,

We are trying to setup our GN 2.1 node. Since our workflow is focused on
ESRI I hoped I would be able to harvest our metadata into Geonetwork by
using use the CS-W connector on our ArcIMS 9.1 metadataservice. Some minor
details: ESRI CS-W connector is version 2.0(.0) and I think Geonetwork
wants to harvest version 2.0.1.....

When I try to harvest the ESRI CS-W connector from the GN harvesting
management the capabilites are retrieved without a problem, but then I get
the following in the Tomcat (5.5.20) log on the internal GN server:

**************************************************************************************************************************
2008-02-21 15:51:05,375 DEBUG [jeeves.service] - Service xml is :
<nodes>
  <node type="csw" id="113">
    <site>
      <name>MNP DMZ ESRI catalogus</name>
      <uuid>faeba2b4-ba77-4db6-99de-88c5a582ff7a</uuid>
      <account>
        <use>false</use>
        <username />
        <password />
      </account>

<capabilitiesUrl>http://mapserver.mnp.nl/aimscsw/csw2.0?request=GetCapabilities&amp;service=csw&lt;/capabilitiesUrl&gt;
      <icon>MNP.gif</icon>
    </site>
    <options>
      <every>90</every>
      <oneRunOnly>true</oneRunOnly>
      <status>active</status>
    </options>
    <searches>
      <search>
        <freeText>GCN%</freeText>
        <title />
        <abstract />
        <subject />
      </search>
    </searches>
    <privileges>
      <group id="1">
        <operation name="view" />
        <operation name="dynamic" />
        <operation name="featured" />
      </group>
    </privileges>
    <categories>
      <category id="2" />
    </categories>
    <info>
      <lastRun />
      <running>true</running>
    </info>
  </node>
</nodes>
2008-02-21 15:51:05,375 INFO [jeeves.service] - -> output ended for :
xml.harvesting.get
2008-02-21 15:51:05,375 INFO [jeeves.service] - -> dispatch ended for :
xml.harvesting.get
2008-02-21 15:51:06,031 WARN [geonetwork.harvester] - Raised exception
when searching : java.lang.NullPointerException
2008-02-21 15:51:06,031 WARN [geonetwork.harvester] - Raised exception
while harvesting from : MNP DMZ ESRI catalogus (CswHarvester)
2008-02-21 15:51:06,031 WARN [geonetwork.harvester] - (C) Class :
OperationAbortedEx
2008-02-21 15:51:06,031 WARN [geonetwork.harvester] - (C) Message :
Raised exception when searching
OperationAbortedEx : Raised exception when searching
      at
org.fao.geonet.kernel.harvest.harvester.csw.Harvester.doSearch(Harvester.java:339)
      at
org.fao.geonet.kernel.harvest.harvester.csw.Harvester.search(Harvester.java:194)
      at
org.fao.geonet.kernel.harvest.harvester.csw.Harvester.harvest(Harvester.java:86)
      at
org.fao.geonet.kernel.harvest.harvester.csw.CswHarvester.doHarvest(CswHarvester.java:211)
      at
org.fao.geonet.kernel.harvest.harvester.AbstractHarvester.harvest(AbstractHarvester.java:306)
      at
org.fao.geonet.kernel.harvest.harvester.Executor.run(Executor.java:87)
**************************************************************************************************************************

Is this ESRI 2.0.0 and GN 2.0.1 CS-W an absolute no-go (interoperability my
a@@) or is there hope and am I just missing something, cause I can't find
much info in other log ...

For any help: check out or (try to) harvest our server at:
http://mapserver.mnp.nl/aimscsw/csw2.0?request=GetCapabilities&service=csw

Thanks,
Johan

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