diff --git a/application/models/ISO19115.php b/application/models/ISO19115.php
index c2210741..48aafa3c 100755
--- a/application/models/ISO19115.php
+++ b/application/models/ISO19115.php
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class ISO19115
 			$this->author[$k]['city']=$author->getElementsByTagName('city')->item(0)->nodeValue;
 			$this->author[$k]['administrative']=$author->getElementsByTagName('adminArea')->item(0)->nodeValue;
 			$this->author[$k]['country']=$author->getElementsByTagName('country')->item(0)->nodeValue;
-			$this->author[$k]['role']=$author->getElementsByTagName('RoleCd')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('value')->nodeValue;
+			@$this->author[$k]['role']=$author->getElementsByTagName('RoleCd')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('value')->nodeValue;
 		}
 		$cnt=$k+1;
 		$authors=$this->dom->getElementsByTagName('mdContact');