DELETE_METADATA

Used in

Servers

Metadata (Browse)

Parent elements

Syntax

<DELETE_METADATA	Attribute Description Table
*(r)docid="string"* > No Child Elements </DELETE_METADATA >
(r): Attribute or child element is required.

Description

Deletes a metadata document from the metadata repository.

Restrictions

This request can be used only by the owner of the document and by users who have the role metadata_administrator in the access control list. Other users will get an error message.

Notes

See METADATA_ACTION for response.

Attribute Descriptions for DELETE_METADATA

Attribute	Usage
docid	String used to uniquely identify a document. The client used to publish the metadata is responsible for creating the document ID. This ID is automatically assigned when using ArcCatalog. If another client is used, GET_UUID can be used to request a valid ID. The format for an ID is the following: {HHHHHHHH-HHHH-HHHH-HHHH-HHHHHHHHHHHH} where H is a hexadecimal digit (0-9,a-f,A-F). The ID is limited to 38 characters.

Attribute

Usage

docid

String used to uniquely identify a document. The client used to publish the metadata is responsible for creating the document ID. This ID is automatically assigned when using ArcCatalog. If another client is used, GET_UUID can be used to request a valid ID. The format for an ID is the following:
{HHHHHHHH-HHHH-HHHH-HHHH-HHHHHHHHHHHH}
where H is a hexadecimal digit (0-9,a-f,A-F). The ID is limited to 38 characters.

Examples for DELETE_METADATA

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<ARCXML version="1.1">
  <REQUEST>
    <PUBLISH_METADATA>
      <DELETE_METADATA docid="{C64D8F38-82B4-11D5-99C2-000086460FA0}" />
    </PUBLISH_METADATA>
  </REQUEST>
</ARCXML>