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> Full Name: miquel traveria > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: cesda > Package Version: 3.0u1 build date:2011-11-30 18:36 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/miquel/IDV_3.0u1/jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 > fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Expanding xlink > node:http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/dods/SEAWINDS/SEAWINDS/6hrly/netcdf.thredds > Error parsing xml: > http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/dods/SEAWINDS/SEAWINDS/6hrly/netcdf.thredds Hi Miquel, I check the url http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.xml, and I can go to "Blended Ocean Winds" entry. The problem is that all datasets in this entry are not formatted as grid dataset, so the IDV can not display these datasets. Yuan > The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</meta>". > The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</meta>". > line:5 column:3 > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: > http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/dods/SEAWINDS/SEAWINDS/6hrly/netcdf.thredds > The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</meta>". > The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</meta>". > line:5 column:3 > > 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.GeneratedMethodAccessor67.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: QDE-180704 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed