[OAI-implementers] OAI identifier practices

[Riley, Jenn]

Thanks, all, for the responses, both on and off-list. Looks like we're safe to use our native identifiers, with the leading "/".

Jenn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary McGath [mailto:gary at hulmail.harvard.edu]
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:00 AM
> To: Riley, Jenn
> Cc: 'oai-implementers at openarchives.org'
> Subject: Re: [OAI-implementers] OAI identifier practices
>
> Riley, Jenn wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We're planning a big move to a new OAI provider, and will
> take this opportunity to provide a clean break from some
> questionable and unsustainable practices that have cropped up
> in our existing provider. We're wondering how to handle OAI
> identifiers in our new system, though. Identifiers in our
> local repository start with a /, e.g.,
> /lilly/slocum/LL-SLO-000024. Would it be OK for our OAI
> identifier for this item to be:
> >
> > oai:oai.dlib.indiana.edu:/lilly/slocum/LL-SLO-000024
> >
> > ...or would that slash at the beginning of the local part
> be a problem? That is, would this be better?
> >
> > oai:oai.dlib.indiana.edu:lilly/slocum/LL-SLO-000024
> >
> > I didn't see anything in the Guidelines for Repository
> Implementers
> <http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/guidelines-repository.htm
> or the DLF/NSDL Best Practices on this issue > <http://webservices.itcs.umich.edu/mediawiki/oaibp/index.php/O
> AIidentifiersAndRegistrationSection> that indicated the slash
> would be a problem, but it's possible I missed something.
>
> The syntax for the identifier is given here:
> http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/guidelines-oai-identifier.htm
>
> As far as I can see, a slash can occur anywhere within the
> local-identifier part, so you should be ok.
>
>
> --
> Gary McGath
> Digital Library Software Engineer
> Harvard University Library Office for Information Systems
> http://hul.harvard.edu/~gary/index.html
>
>