OAI functionality

Uses OAI-PMH

• “The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.”

See Open Archives Initiative site: http://www.openarchives.org/

Document Library application functions as OAI server for harvesting

Frontend uses OAI Pack components: oaipmh Python module, OAICore Zope Product, SilvaOAI extension

Infrae now has a full suite of reusable OAI-PMH components, from harvesters to servers