Manage OAI Harvesting Sets

You can create a new set to be used by the OAI server that comes with your Network. Another DVN, or any other remote site, then can harvest the sets that you define here. If you do not define sets to be harvested, the default OAI call (http://localhost/dvn/OAIHandler) harvests the contents of your entire Network.

Read these topics for detailed information about how to manage OAI harvesting sets:

Create a New OAI Set

To create a set for harvesting of your Network's studies from other OAI clients:

  1. Navigate to the Network homepage, and then click Network Options.
    You see the [Your] Dataverse Network Admin Options page.
  2. Click Manage OAI Harvesting Sets.
    You see the OAI Sets defined in [Your] Dataverse Network page.
  3. Click the Create a New Set link at the top of the set list.
    You see the Edit OAI Set page.
  4. Enter a Set Name to be displayed when a harvesting OAI client calls your Network's OAI server to harvest from your Network.
  5. Enter a Set Spec value to use as a unique Identifier for this set.
    This value is the token passed from OAI server to client during harvesting.
  6. Enter a Query Definition from which to create the set.
    This query uses the same syntax as query collections, and is based on the Lucene search engine. See List of Metadata for information about query terms. Refer to the Documentation page for the latest version at the Lucene website and look for Query Syntax for full details.
  7. If you choose, enter a description about the OAI set to help define its contents.
  8. Click Save to save your settings, or click Cancel to lose them.
    You see the OAI Sets defined in [Your] Dataverse Network page, with your set listed.

Edit an OAI Set

To edit an existing OAI set:

  1. Navigate to the Network homepage, and then click Network Options.
    You see the [Your] Dataverse Network Admin Options page.
  2. Click Manage OAI Harvesting Sets.
    You see the OAI Sets defined in [Your] Dataverse Network page.
  3. Click the set name in the list for the set that you choose to edit.
    You see the Edit OAI Set page, containing the current set definition.
  4. Edit the values to change the set definition.
  5. Click Save to save your changes.
    You see the OAI Sets defined in [Your] Dataverse Network page again.

Delete an OAI Set

You can delete a set from your Network export at any time.
Note: There is no confirmation step when you delete an OAI set. Be sure that you choose the correct set to delete before you start this action.

To delete an OAI set from your Network export:

  1. Navigate to the Network homepage, and then click Network Options.
    You see the [Your] Dataverse Network Admin Options page.
  2. Click Manage OAI Harvesting Sets.
    You see the OAI Sets defined in [Your] Dataverse Network page.
  3. Click the Remove link in the row of the set that you choose to delete.
    Note: There is no confirmation step when you delete an OAI set.
    The selected set is removed from your Network export.