Deleting metadata items
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As the Aristotle Metadata Registry is intended to be an authoritative record of all the ‘business intelligence’ around data, content cannot be permanently deleted from the registry. However, in order to facilitate the maintenance of an up-to-date registry, Aristotle supports the soft deletion of content, which removes it from being displayed in the registry. Soft deleted items can be restored if they are required again.
To protect audit reports, metadata can only be deleted from a Users Sandbox. To return metadata to a Users Sandbox it must be removed from all groups, including Workgroups, Stewardship Organizations and Registration Authorities.
All Users can delete items in their Sandbox at any time.
Select 'My Sandbox' from the left side panel.
Select the 'Item actions' button next to the metadata item you want to delete and select 'Delete item'.
Only Users with the appropriate permissions can delete registered metadata.
Go to the item page and in the Info box select 'View registration history'.
Select 'Manage', then 'Delete'. The registration status will be removed.
Only Users with the appropriate permissions can delete metadata from a workgroup.
Select 'Workgroups' from the left side panel.
From the 'Item actions' dropdown that relates to the desired item, select 'Remove from workgroup'.
2. Select 'Confirm'.
From the desired item's 'Actions' dropdown, select 'Change stewardship organization'.
Select the cross on the right side of the 'Move item into this stewardship organization' field.
Select 'Change Stewardship Organization'.
The item will now appear in the Sandbox of the User who created it. From there, it can be soft deleted.
