Greenstone does have an OAI server as well as an OAI harvester. However, I just tried my server with the OAI repository Explorer at http://re.cs.uct.ac.za/ and it failed.

I did also run it through the Data Provider Validation and Registration at http://www.openarchives.org/Register/ValidateSite and it failed 2 tests, improper response to an invalid request and a problem with some characters in the data (this is my problem). The first problem may be a limit in GS' oaiserver.

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From: greenstone-users-bounces@list.scms.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:greenstone-users-bounces@list.scms.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Stephen I. Klein
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:45 PM
To: greenstone-users@list.scms.waikato.ac.nz; greenstone-devel@list.scms.waikato.ac.nz
Subject: [greenstone-users] oai harvesting with greenstone

We are migrating our digital collections and need to keep our collection OAI harvestable. We currently have a presence via OAIster (http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/) and have intermediated through the Los Alamos Gateway at:

http://libtest.lanl.gov/

Does Greenstone allow for the building of OAI compliant XML files that are successfully intermediated via a standard gateway and harvestable with OAIster?

The following page suggests the inverse:

http://wiki.greenstone.org/wiki/index.php/OAI_support

Any suggestions to approach this goal would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Regards,

Stephen

Stephen I. Klein
Electronic Resources/Systems Librarian
Assistant Professor
Pratt Institute Library
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
sklein@pratt.edu<mailto:sklein@pratt.edu>
(718) 399 4423
Pratt

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