--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2001/08/17 16:49:04	1.40
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2001/08/17 21:25:36	1.41
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ sub metaeval {
               } @{$token->[3]};
               if ($metadatafields{$unikey}) {
 		  my $newentry=$parser->get_text('/'.$entry);
-                  unless ($metadatafields{$unikey}=~/$newentry/) {
+                  unless (($metadatafields{$unikey}=~/$newentry/) ||
+                          ($newentry eq '')) {
                      $metadatafields{$unikey}.=', '.$newentry;
 		  }
 	      } else {
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ sub publish {
 		 }
               } elsif ($token->[0] eq 'E') {
                   unless ($token->[1] eq 'allow') {
-                     $outstring.=$token->[2];
+                     $outstring.='</'.$token->[1].'>';
 		  }
               } else {
                   $outstring.=$token->[1];