--- OSAS/OSA_system/OSAS_show.py	2003/12/28 17:11:05	1.11
+++ OSAS/OSA_system/OSAS_show.py	2004/01/06 14:39:49	1.12
@@ -891,10 +891,25 @@ def getMetafile(path):
        f = os.popen("cat "+path+"/index.meta","r")
        lines = f.read()
        dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(lines)
-       name=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("name")[0].childNodes) 
-       creator=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("creator")[0].childNodes)   
-       creation_date=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("archive-creation-date")[0].childNodes) 
-       description=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("description")[0].childNodes) 
+       try:
+           name=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("name")[0].childNodes)
+       except:
+           name="NOT_DEFINED!!!"
+       try:
+           creator=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("creator")[0].childNodes)
+       except:
+           creator="NOT_DEFINED!!!"
+
+       try:
+           creation_date=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("archive-creation-date")[0].childNodes)
+       except:
+           creation_date="NOT_DEFINED!!!"
+
+       try:
+           description=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("description")[0].childNodes)
+       except:
+           description="NOT_DEFINED!!!"
+           
        try:
        	type=getText(dom.getElementsByTagName("content-type")[0].childNodes) 
        except: