1. Register with the CORES server

For the purposes of the workshop, you do not need to carry out the registration process: you will be provided with an individual userid and password and the identifier and name of an Agency.

2. Install the Java Run-time environment

The CORES client is a Java application. It requires a Java Run-time Environment (JRE) which supports Java Swing (a feature of the Java API that enables the development of advanced GUI applications). It is recommended that you use the Sun Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE), version 1.4 or later.

Note: For this workshop, a suitable JRE should already be installed on your PC. Check the version of the JRE by opening a MS-DOS window (or Windows 2000 Command window) and entering the command:

java -version

You should see a response similar to

java version "1.4.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-b21, mixed mode)

If you can see this (or a similar) message, then type exit to close the MS-DOS/Win 2000 window, and go on to section 2.

If you are working on a machine with an older JRE, you will need to update it before running the CORES client application. The J2SE version 1.4.1 JRE for a number of platforms can be downloaded from

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html

(To run the CORES client, you need only install the JRE; you do not require the full Java Development Kit (JDK).)

3. Download the CORES client application

Note: For this workshop, it is suggested that you create a working directory called cores as a sub-directory in the C:\My Documents directory, and store the CORESClient.jar file in this cores directory.

The current version of the CORES client application can be downloaded from the registry index page at:

http://cores.dsd.sztaki.hu/

Download the latest CORESClient.jar file now.

For Windows, download the runcor.bat file and store it in the same directory as the CORESClient.jar file.

4. Launch the CORES client application with appropriate run-time parameters

Note: For this workshop, section 4.1 is for information only, as the run-time parameters for the CORES client application have been set correctly in the runcor.bat file. If you are running the client on another system you may need to alter these parameters to values suitable for your local environment.

4.2 From Windows Explorer

From Windows, you can launch the CORES client application by double-clicking on the runcor.bath file in Windows Explorer.

If you need to configure the parameters to specify the target registry server or an HTTP proxy server, then edit the runcor.bat file first.

If you have successfully launched the CORES client application, you will see some opening comments in the MS-DOS or Windows 2000 console window, similar to the following

The CORES Schema Registry Client
An extended version of the MEG Schema Registry Client

The CORES project is funded within the Information Societies
Technology (IST) Programme under Key Action 3 managed by the
Information Society Directorate-General of the European Commission.
See <http://www.cores-eu.net/>

The MEG Schema Registry Client
Copyright 2002 Damian Steer <pldms@mac.com>
Funded by JISC and BECTa as part of the MEG Registry Project
See <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/education/regproj/>

Extended and enhanced for the CORES project by Andras Micsik
<micsik@stztaki.hu> and Csaba Fulop <csabi@dsd.sztaki.hu>, SZTAKI, Budapest,
2002-2003.

Server endpoint=http://cores.dsd.sztaki.hu/api


Two windows like those shown below should be displayed: