[OAI-implementers] static repository status

[Kat Hagedorn]

Thank you for the information, Herbert and Tom. The idea of  
implementing a Static Repository Gateway at UM is a great idea. We'll  
bring it up in discussions here soon.

- Kat

On Wednesday, Mar 10, 2004, at 16:46 America/Detroit, Thomas G. Habing  
wrote:

> Kat Hagedorn wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Could someone tell me the status of the OAI Static Repository? I get  
>> a couple requests each week from people who don't have the resources  
>> to become full-fledged data providers. I would like to point them to  
>> a place where they can drop their XML files, but I gather this  
>> doesn't officially exist yet.
>> Thanks,
>> - Kat
>> -------------------
>> Kat Hagedorn
>> OAIster/Metadata Harvesting Librarian
>> DLXS Bibliographic Class Coordinator
>> DLXS Text Class Co-coordinator
>> Digital Library Production Service
>> University of Michigan
>> http://www.oaister.org/
>> http://www.dlxs.org/
>> email: khage@umich.edu
>> phone: 734-615-7618
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> Hi Kat,
>
> We also have an alpha/beta level implementation of an OAI Static  
> Repository Gateway which is available on SourceForge:
>
> http://uilib-oai.sourceforge.net/
> http://sourceforge.net/project/ 
> showfiles.php?group_id=47963&package_id=85826
>
> It is implemented as an IIS Active Server Page (ASP) script.
>
> Currently it is being used to gateway one repository:
>
> http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/gateway/oai.asp/www.acnatsci.org/ 
> library/collections/imls/nlg/AcadNatSciStatic.xml?verb=Identify,
>
> However, we would be willing to act as a gateway for other  
> collections.  We are not currently responding to the 'initiate'  
> request (Section 3.3 of the spec.), so if you have a collection you  
> would like to be added, you should send me an email with the URL to  
> the static XML file, and I will make sure it validates and add it to  
> the gateway if it does.
>
> This is still an experimental implementation, so the usual caveats  
> apply, but we do intend on keeping it running for the foreseeable  
> future, probably with some downtime to introduce changes or fixes as  
> the spec evolves.
>
> -- 
> Thomas Habing
> Research Programmer, Digital Library Projects
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> 155 Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, MC-274
> thabing@uiuc.edu, (217) 244-4425
> http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu
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