Implement xml syntax error messages for metadata import tool.

GrishaPost — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:24:32 GMT

Hello,

It would be very helpful if there were error notifications in ArcGIS Pro when a user imports metadata with incorrectly configured characters.

I was importing already defined field definitions from Excel with ampersands and less than and greater than symbols.

For example, one field had a definition:

<attrdef> Field definition for Population (<1000) during 2023 & 2024 </attrdef>

When I tried to import the fgdc metadata from an xml document with this field, no field attributes were populated. I found out my error by opening the metadata into VScode and using Red Hat's xml extension to identify incorrectly configured characters so now the attribute definition is:

<attrdef> Field definition for Population (<1000) during 2023 & 2024 </attrdef>

I am fairly new to importing xml metadata into ArcGIS Pro and having error messages for misconfigured characters would be very helpful.

Thank you!

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