Description
This tutorial is aimed at those starting to use, or planning to use, the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). I will review the fundamental concepts and mechanics of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) from the perspectives of both data providers and service providers. I will then highlight selected best practices for data providers (and pitfalls to avoid) and implications for service providers.
The best practices discussion will include OAI identifiers, date-stamps, deleted records, sets, resumption tokens, about containers, branding, error conditions, HTTP server issues, and a few pointers regarding what makes for good, shareable metadata.
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