Update- 4) Was my issue (well, they all are really), I was using ' <field index="0" term="id"/> ' instead of '<id index="0"/>'
M On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Matt Yoder <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > As we implement a DWCA generator I've stumbled on a number of minor > bits in reference to http://tools.gbif.org/dwca-validator/. I > understand how to get around these things, but resolving them might > lower the barrier to entry for others. > > When I validate a DWCA > > 1) then I see a link 'Dublin Core' > (http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/source/browse/trunk/dwca-reader/src/test/resources/metadata/worms_dc.xml) > that link is broken > > 2) and I have no metadata file > then the instructions under Metadata as to what to do to > resolve the problem (i.e. do next) are essentially unusable for the > non-technically oriented > > 3) and I read this: "All null values are empty strings." in green > and I get this immediately after "Error scanning records: > java.lang.NullPointerException" > then I am confused > I would be less confused with a literal example of the issue > > 4) and I have an id column in [0], > and that id column is mapped to nothing > then I see under Darwin Core Occurrence 'Core Record ID > mapped to nothing' > and I think 'OK' > then at the bottom of that list I see 'Unknown term > http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier mapped to column 0' > and I am confused as to this (auto-mapping?) that has a > namespace (http://purl.org/dc/terms/), and a term (identifier), both > of which I have not referenced > and I don't know what todo > > > Cheers, > Matt _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content
