--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/08/07 14:33:53	1.141
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/08/09 14:03:42	1.145
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 # 5/30 H. K. Ng
 # 6/1 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # July Guy Albertelli
-# 8/4,8/7 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 8/4,8/7,8/8,8/9 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -1735,6 +1735,10 @@ sub EXT {
                               $spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
        if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+
+#	   print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
+
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
          my $symbp=&symbread();
          my $mapp=(split(/\_\_\_/,$symbp))[0];
@@ -1824,6 +1828,19 @@ sub EXT {
                                          'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
       if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cascade up
+
+      unless ($space eq '0') {
+          my ($part,$id)=split(/\_/,$space);
+          if ($id) {
+	      my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest);
+              if ($partgeneral) { return $partgeneral; }
+          } else {
+              my $resourcegeneral=&EXT('resource.0.'.$qualifierrest);
+              if ($resourcegeneral) { return $resourcegeneral; }
+          }
+      }
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- environment
@@ -1872,13 +1889,14 @@ sub metadata {
 		  if ($_=~/^$package\&/) {
 		      my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
                       my $value=$packagetab{$_};
+		      my $part=$keyroot;
+                      $part=~s/^\_//;
                       if ($subp eq 'display') {
-			  my $part=$keyroot;
-                          $part=~s/^\_//;
 			  $value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
                       }
                       my $unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
                       $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
+                      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
                       unless 
                        (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
                          $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
@@ -2197,7 +2215,11 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
        my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       if ($plain ne '') { $packagetab{$short}=$plain; }
+       my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
+       if ($plain ne '') {
+          $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
+          $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
+       }
     }
 }