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The meta-deposit
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Goal
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A client wishes to deposit only metadata about an object in the Software
Heritage archive.
The meta-deposit is a special deposit where no content is
deposited and the data transfered to Software Heritage is only
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pushed/provided?

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the metadata about an object or several objects in the archive.
The scope of the meta-deposit is larger than the sparse-deposit, because
with a meta-deposit all types of objects in the archive can be described
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... sparse-deposit. While a ...

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with the deposited metadata:
- origin
- snapshot
- revision
- release
- directory
- content
Loading procedure
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In this case, the meta-deposit will be injected as a metadata entry at the
appropriate level (origin_metadata, revision_metadata, etc.) and won't result
in the creation of a new object like with the complete deposit and the
sparse-deposit.
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Maybe condense the sample?

With ${type} in {snp (snapshot), rev (revision), rel (release) }:

.. code:: xml
	​
	​  <swh:deposit>
	​    <swh:reference>
	​      <swh:object id="swh:1:${type}:aaaaa............"/>
	​    </swh:reference>
	​  </swh:deposit>

or something?

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revision_metadata, etc...). Contrary to the complete and sparse deposit, there will be no object creation.

will not is better than won't. As far as i remember, contraction is ok to speak orally but in writings, it's better not to use it.

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I just learned something new !
I must admit, I did not think you were correct, but before protesting, I searched for it and the Cambridge dictionary says so...
Thank you for this..

moranegg: I just learned something new ! I must admit, I did not think you were correct, but before…
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Awesome ;)

ardumont: Awesome ;)
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