[OAI-implementers] Searching open archives

[Jeffrey A. Young]

Hi Howard,

I have several SRW/U servers available (e.g.
http://alcme.oclc.org/srw/search/GSAFD). I then added these to an SRW
Registry at http://errol.oclc.org/srwRegistry.oclc.org.html. One of the
features of this registry is that it provides OAI gateway access to any
registered SRW service that conforms to a minimal profile (e.g.
http://errol.oclc.org/srwRegistry.oclc.org/gsafd.alcme.oclc.org.oaigateway?v
erb=Identify).

This minimal profile consists of an oai.identifier and oai.datestamp index
and an OAIHeader metadata format. Review the GSAFD SRW repository mentioned
above for details.

Let me know if you have questions.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: oai-implementers-bounces at openarchives.org [mailto:oai-implementers-
> bounces at openarchives.org] On Behalf Of Howard Noble
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:55 AM
> To: Baden Hughes
> Cc: Boon Low; oai-implementers at openarchives.org; Matthew J. Dovey; Colin
> Tatham
> Subject: Re: [OAI-implementers] Searching open archives
> 
> Thank you Owen, Baden and Pete for your responses.
> 
> My question stems from me being involved in a project that is creating an
> open source and free distributed search tool (- JAFER:
> http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/jafer/.
> ) that implements a JSP interface for executing Z39.50 and SRW over
> repositories.
> 
> JAFER also provides software that can be 'put infront of a repository' to
> translate the interoperable network query into the native DB query
> language
> (e.g. SQL).
> 
> The interface is designed to search and select resources returned by the
> search and then create a resource list compliant with the new IMS Resource
> List Interoperability Specification (http://www.imsglobal.org/rli/).
> 
> I am trying to work out the practicalities of setting up SRW, OAI and
> OpenURL together:
> 
> http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing/srw/short-topics.html#oai
> 
> So what I need is an OAI repository that implements SRW and a openURL
> resolver than can be configured with a 'Link-To syntax to OAI
> repositories.
> 
> 1. Does anyone know of an OAI repository that does SRW?
> 
> 2. Are there OAI repositories that implement 'deep linking' - hyperlink to
> the full text for example, based on a simple link-to syntax?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Howard
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baden Hughes" <badenh at cs.mu.OZ.AU>
> To: "Howard Noble" <howard.noble at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
> Cc: <oai-implementers at openarchives.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 5:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [OAI-implementers] Searching open archives
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi Howard
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me if there is a recommended means for searching an
> OAI
> repository? Z3.50, SRW...?
> >
> > There's many ways to do this, but AFAIK, not a single recommended
> > approach. Certainly the collections aggregated by OAI-PMH can be
> expressed
> > in a range of alternative formats which lend themselves to existing
> tools
> > eg Z39.50.
> >
> > > How are most repositories cross-searched?
> >
> > From an end user view there's really 4 models:
> >
> > 1) individual data providers who also provide a search interface
> directly
> 
> > to their own collections, many of which are embedded with archive
> > management suites;
> >
> > 2) there's a range of aggregation tools which offer search interfaces
> > across all OAI data providers eg ARC, MyOAI, OAIster via web interfaces
> > for each tool;
> >
> > 3) via an application instance, where the application itself is OAI-
> aware
> > and connects either to a local collection or an online aggregator;
> >
> > 4) through interfaces like DP9 automated services like web search
> engines
> > can also index the contents, allowing users to search "on the web" and
> find OAI data provider
> > contents.
> >
> > If you consider the list at
> http://www.openarchives.org/tools/tools.html,
> > you'll see a range of these different tools available.
> >
> > > Also are most repositories open to searching (by users, not
> harvesting)
> or do they require authentication?
> >
> > Most are open access, ipso facto. I presume that there are some
> > repositories which have access restrictions in various forms, but I
> > haven't gone looking specifically.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Baden
> >
> >
> 
> 
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