--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/11/10 03:51:10	1.923
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/11/13 22:19:53	1.924
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.923 2007/11/10 03:51:10 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.924 2007/11/13 22:19:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -6801,8 +6801,11 @@ sub metadata {
     if (($uri eq '') || 
 	(($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && 
 	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) ||
-        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^~/) ||
-	($uri =~ m|home/$match_username/public_html/|)) {
+        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) ) {
+	return undef;
+    }
+    if (($uri =~ /^~/ || $uri =~ m{home/$match_username/public_html/}) 
+	&& &Apache::lonxml::get_state('target') =~ /^(|meta)$/) {
 	return undef;
     }
     my $filename=$uri;
@@ -6823,6 +6826,7 @@ sub metadata {
 #	if (! exists($metacache{$uri})) {
 #	    $metacache{$uri}={};
 #	}
+	my $cachetime = 60*60;
         if ($liburi) {
 	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
             $filename=$liburi;
@@ -6833,7 +6837,12 @@ sub metadata {
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
 	my $metastring;
-	if ($uri !~ m -^(editupload)/-) {
+	if ($uri =~ /^~/ || $uri =~ m{home/$match_username/public_html/}) {
+	    $metastring = 
+		&Apache::lonnet::ssi_body(&hreflocation('','/'.$uri),
+					  ('grade_target' => 'meta'));
+	    $cachetime = 1; # only want this cached in the child not long term
+	} elsif ($uri !~ m -^(editupload)/-) {
 	    my $file=&filelocation('',&clutter($filename));
 	    #push(@{$metaentry{$uri.'.file'}},$file);
 	    $metastring=&getfile($file);
@@ -7000,7 +7009,7 @@ sub metadata {
 	$metaentry{':keys'} = join(',',keys(%metathesekeys));
 	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metaentry,$uri);
 	$metaentry{':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-	&do_cache_new('meta',$uri,\%metaentry,60*60);
+	&do_cache_new('meta',$uri,\%metaentry,$cachetime);
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
     return $metaentry{':'.$what};