--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/08/10 22:14:54	1.905
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/08/29 22:19:24	1.908
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.905 2007/08/10 22:14:54 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.908 2007/08/29 22:19:24 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -6696,10 +6696,11 @@ sub metadata {
 		 # only ws inside the tag, and not in default, so use default
 		 # as value
 			    $metaentry{':'.$unikey}=$default;
-			} else {
-		  # either something interesting inside the tag or default
-                  # uninteresting
+			} elsif ( $internaltext =~ /\S/ ) {
+		  # something interesting inside the tag
 			    $metaentry{':'.$unikey}=$internaltext;
+			} else {
+		  # no interesting values, don't set a default
 			}
 # end of not-a-package not-a-library import
 		    }
@@ -6839,12 +6840,15 @@ sub gettitle {
 	}
 	my ($map,$resid,$url)=&decode_symb($symb);
 	my $title='';
-	my %bighash;
-	if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
-		&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
-	    my $mapid=$bighash{'map_pc_'.&clutter($map)};
-	    $title=$bighash{'title_'.$mapid.'.'.$resid};
-	    untie %bighash;
+	if (!$map && $resid == 0 && $url =~/default\.sequence$/) {
+	    $title = $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+	} else {
+	    if (tie(my %bighash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
+		    &GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+		my $mapid=$bighash{'map_pc_'.&clutter($map)};
+		$title=$bighash{'title_'.$mapid.'.'.$resid};
+		untie(%bighash);
+	    }
 	}
 	$title=~s/\&colon\;/\:/gs;
 	if ($title) {
@@ -8568,7 +8572,7 @@ explanation of a user role term
 get_my_roles($uname,$udom,$context,$types,$roles,$roledoms) :
 All arguments are optional. Returns a hash of a roles, either for
 co-author/assistant author roles for a user's Construction Space
-(default), or if $context is 'user', roles for the user himself,
+(default), or if $context is 'userroles', roles for the user himself,
 In the hash, keys are set to colon-sparated $uname,$udom,and $role,
 and value is set to colon-separated start and end times for the role.
 If no username and domain are specified, will default to current