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1. How to register your Archivelet?

Click "Settings" button to open the settings window. Make sure the ID is correct and enter the group URL you want to join (you should get it from the group website). Also make sure the OAI server settings is correct. Then click the "Register Archivelet" button to register your archivelet with the group.

2. How to publish a document?

Click "Add" button on the Kepler interface, the "Add Metadata" window will appear. On this window fill the meatadata fields and then select the file to be uploaded (click "Browse" button to show the open dialog box and select the file then click "Open"button).

3. How to edit the metadata of a published document?

Select a document from the list and click "Edit" button or simply double click the document you want to edit, the "Edit Metadata" window will appear. This window is similar to the "Add Metadata" window. Do the required changes (you can also change the document file here) and then click "OK" to save the changes. You can cancel the changes at any time by clicking "Cancel" button.

4. How to remove a published document?

Select the document that you want to remove from the list and then click the "Remove" button, A message box will appear asking you for confirmation. To continue with remove click "Yes" button. To cancel click "No" button or press the "Esc" key.

5. How to view your Archivelet status?

Click "Settings" button on the Kepler interface to view registration information. Here you can view your Repository identifier, URL, Registration status and Online/Offline status.

6. How to view the published document?

Select a published document from the list, and then click the "View" button. This will launch the browser and opens the document.

7. How to search the archivelets?

Open the Group service provider page (the URL provided at the group website) . Enter your query (that is the text you want to search for) and then click "Search" button. The documents that match your query will be displayed in the result. You can view the metadata fields as well as the document itself. By default, the documents in the result are grouped by archivelet. You can change the "Group by" and the "Sort by" criteria while entering your query.

8. Why my archivelet is not showing up in the search service ?

There are various reasons:the most possible one is due to schedule of our harvester, the harvester polls each archivelet in sequences and it may sleep a while between each round of harvest, so be patient ;-). Another possible reason is your archivelet is behind a NAT (Network Address Translation) proxy or firewall, which prohibits harvester to contact archivelet. And if these scenarios don't fit well with your situation, please contact us with detailed information (kepler@list.odu.edu)

9. Port Forwarding/Mapping ?

In most home/small business networks and in many Intranets, the local network access the Internet through a NAT/Proxy. This may be done for sharing of the Internet connection among multiple machines or for purpose of security. Requests from the outside world (Internet) to servers running on a machine behind a NAT/Proxy can't get to the destination machine unless the NAT/Proxy is configured to allow this access. This is what is called port forwarding. Almost all routers provide web browser access to the router configuration where you can establish port forwarding. Consult the router manuals if you have access to the router. If you are on a corporate LAN and your machine is behind a NAT/Proxy, you will need the network administrator to do it for you. After establishing the port forwarding you will need to update two pieces of information to the correct value: The external port and the external IP.)