Quick notes on OAI:
(1) Data providers need to have the resource network accessible, and you
will need to be able to render your data in (wait for it) XML for OAI
harvesting.
(2) OAI is another solution out of the library community (insert comment
here). It is largely a replacement for Z39.50. It defaults to Dublin
Core as standard, but can harvest XML in any schema, including MIDAS XML.
(3) Technically, it is a bit of a pig, but people tend to turn to it now
as the default aggregating technology, so it is widely used.
Tyler
Pratt, Nigel wrote:
> Jason/Sarah
> One quick (and probably stupid) question to the wider forum and particularly EH, do we (as in the data holders) need to do anything to our databases to enable this harvesting, or will the gateway do all the work?
> Nigel
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