[SPT/CWIS] OAI

[Peter Pinch]

Try a URL like this: 
http://imel.mel.org/mer/SPT--OAI.php?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc

OAI isn't really meant to be read by humans, so the interface is more 
than a little obscure.

- Peter Pinch

At 10:22 AM -0400 6/11/07, Sonya Norris wrote:
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>
>Thanks! Now I get a positive test by entering a metadata prefix, but 
>when I go to the OAI Harvesting URL provided in CWIS, I still get an 
>error and no results: 
><http://imel.mel.org/mer/SPT--OAI.php>http://imel.mel.org/mer/SPT--OAI.php
>
>Any ideas?
>Sonya
>
>>>>  ealmasy at scout.wisc.edu 6/7/2007 1:43:52 PM >>>
>
>On Jun 7, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Sonya Norris wrote:
>>  We're getting user requests for our OAI data but when I test OAI on 
>>  the admin page and ask for "List Record" I get the warning that
>>    Code=badArgument, Description="No metadata format specified."
>>
>>  What I've done so far is copy the SPT--Local--EXAMPLE.php file to 
>>  SPT--Local.php and remove "EXAMPLE" from both functions.
>>  This is my first attempt with OAI. What more should I do to get us 
>>  up and running?
>
>     You'll need to enter either "oai_dc" or
>     "nsdl_dc" in the "metadataPrefix" box on the
>     OAI Repository Explorer before using the
>     "List Identifiers" or "List Records" commands.
>
>     (The OAI Repository Explorer is the page that
>     you're taken to via the "Test OAI" link.)
>
>     You may also want to check the mapping of your
>     metadata to the oai_dc and nsdl_dc fields via
>     the "OAI Configuration" page.
>
>
>     No changes to SPT--Local.php are needed to
>     use OAI, though that is where you would set up
>     any special conditions to determine which
>     records are available for harvest.
>
>     Ed
>
>
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