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 Maria Odea Ching
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 9 November 2007
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Browsing 

* Permissions
 
  The user can only browse those repositories where the user is an observer or a manager. If the user does not 
  have permission to access any repository, a message saying "You have access to no repositories. Ask your 
  system administrator for access" will be displayed.  

* Repository Browse Layout

  The current layout of the repositories in Repository Browse uses the Maven 2 layout, which is the groupId,
  artifactId and version. When the version is clicked, the Artifact Info page (see the next section) will be
  displayed. There is currently an issue with regard to Maven 1 artifacts, see {{{http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRM-585} http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRM-585}}.

* Artifact Info

  The Artifact Info page is divided into 5 views:
  
  1. Info. Basic information about the artifact is displayed here. These are the groupId, artifactId, version and 
     packaging. A dependency pom snippet is also available, which a user can just copy and paste in a pom file 
     to declare the artifact as a dependency of the project.
  
  2. Dependencies. The dependencies of the artifact will be listed here. The user can easily navigate to a specific
     dependency by clicking on the groupId, artifactId or version link. The scope of the dependency is also shown.
  
  3. Dependency Tree. The dependencies of the artifact are displayed in a tree-like view, which can also be 
     navigated.
  
  4. Used By. Lists all the artifacts in the repository which use this artifact.
  
  5. Mailing Lists. The project mailing lists available in the artifact's pom are displayed here.
  
* Downloading Artifacts

  Artifacts can be downloaded from the artifact info page. All files, except for the metadata.xml files, that are 
  associated with the artifact are available in the download box. The size of the files in bytes are displayed 
  at the right section of the download box. 
  
  
  
   