--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2006/02/06 11:00:20	1.72
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2006/02/14 17:49:46	1.73
@@ -908,7 +908,10 @@ def writeMetadata(url,metadict,project=N
                                 metanode.removeChild(nodeOld[0]).unlink()
 
                 metanodeneu=dom.createElement(metaData)
-                metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(metadict[metaData].decode('utf-8'))
+		try:
+	                metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(metadict[metaData])
+		except:
+	                metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(metadict[metaData].decode('utf-8'))
                 #try:
                         #metanodetext=dom.createTextNode(unicode(metadict[metaData],"utf-8"))
                 #except: