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> Full Name: Gunther Engelbrecht > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: home > Package Version: 3.0b1 build date:2011-07-01 17:24 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/gunther/IDV_3.0b1/jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 > fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Expanding xlink > node:http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/dem?request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1 > Error parsing xml: > http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/dem?request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1 > The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference. > The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference. > line:23 column:126 > Hi Gunther, The Map Server is down, and you may want to try it later. Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: > http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/dem?request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1 > The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference. > The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference. > line:23 column:126 > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1337) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler$2.readXlinkXml(ThreddsHandler.java:355) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlTree.expandXlink(XmlTree.java:1075) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler$2.expandXlink(ThreddsHandler.java:487) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlTree$XlinkTreeNode.checkExpansionInner(XmlTree.java:912) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1063) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MQQ-811005 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed