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Contents [hide] 1 NDR API Implementation Details - deleteMetadataRecord 1.1 Discussions 1.1.1 Input Discussions 1.1.2 Output Discussions 1.1.3 Processing Discussions 1.1.4 General Discussions 1.2 Implementation 1.3 Links 1.3.1 API Links: 1.3.2 Additional Links Related to This Call:

Under Construction
Proposed method for inclusion in NDR/API 2.0.

NDR API Implementation Details - deleteMetadataRecord

Delete a metadata record about a resource.

Discussions

Input Discussions

• identifier

cascade

• Should this cascade to annotations?
• Should this cascade to resources if this was the last piece of metadata related to the resource?

purge vs. delete?

Output Discussions

• SUCCESS
  • handle
• FAIL

I'm not sure handle is the correct thing to return, especially in the case of a purge, since the handle will not longer be valid.

Processing Discussions

General Discussions

Implementation

Developer: TBA

Basic description of the process...

• TBA

Links

API Links:

• Conceptual Framework (2.0 philosophy)
• APIBasics
• ObjectTypes
• Encoding
• APIRequestsByObject v1.0
• APIRequestsAlphabetical v1.0
• APIRequestsByObject v2.0

Additional Links Related to This Call:

• NDR-API 2.0 Features List
• Implementation Details for Metadata Record Objects
• Specification for deleteMetadataRecord