HowTo OAI-PMH

HowTo implement OAI-PMH (5 steps):

• 1. Join the community: Register to the 'OAI Implementers list' at the official OAI Homepage
• 2. Read the spec.: The Harvesting Protocol (version 2.0) specification together with Implementation Guidelines
• 3. Look at existing tools, rated above.
• 4. Implement DC model and test it: The official OAI Repository Explorer. Most important operations (called 'verbs') are Identify, ListMetadataFormats, ListRecords and GetRecord, perhaps initially without incremental harvesting (resumption process).
• 5. Extend it eventually with specific metadata models and respective XML formats.

Remarks to Dublin Core elements:

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