Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2017
Let $S|_{R}$ be a groupoid Galois extension with Galois groupoid $G$ such that $E_{g}^{G_{r(g)}}\subseteq C1_{g}$, for all $g\in G$, where $C$ is the centre of $S$, $G_{r(g)}$ is the principal group associated to $r(g)$ and $\{E_{g}\}_{g\in G}$ are the ideals of $S$. We give a complete characterisation in terms of a partial isomorphism groupoid for such extensions, showing that $G=\dot{\bigcup }_{g\in G}\text{Isom}_{R}(E_{g^{-1}},E_{g})$ if and only if $E_{g}$ is a connected commutative algebra or $E_{g}=E_{g}^{G_{r(g)}}\oplus E_{g}^{G_{r(g)}}$, where $E_{g}^{G_{r(g)}}$ is connected, for all $g\in G$.