About
The base URL for our OAI-PMH server is
Responses
Requests
- GetRecord
- Identify
- ListIdentifiers
- ListMetadataFormats
- ListRecords
- ListSets
GetRecord
This verb is used to retrieve an individual metadata record from the repository.
Arguments
- identifier
required argument that specifies the unique identifier of the item in the repository from which the record must be disseminated. - metadataPrefix
required argument that specifies the metadataPrefix of the format is included in the metadata portion of the returned record. See the ListMetadataFormats argument for supported metadata formats and prefix's.
Sample Request - Sample record rutgers-lib:1743
?verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:example.org:rutgers-lib:1743&metadataPrefix=oai_dc
Additional Information
For more information about this protocol please refer to the documentation provided by the Open Archives Initiative.
Identify
This verb is used to retrieve information about the repository.
Arguments
None
Sample Request
Additional Information
For more information about this protocol please refer to the documentation provided by the Open Archives Initiative.
ListIdentifiers
This verb is used to retrieve an individual metadata record from the repository.
Arguments
- metadataPrefix
required argument that specifies the metadataPrefix of the format is included in the metadata portion of the returned record. See the ListMetadataFormats argument for supported metadata formats and prefix's. - from
optional argument with a value in UTCdatetime format, which defines a lower bound for a date based selective harvesting. - until
optional argument with a value in UTCdatetime format, which defines a upper bound for a date based selective harvesting. - set
optional argument with a setSpec value, which specifies set criteria for selective harvesting. - resumptionToken
exclusive argument with a value that is the flow control token returned by a previous ListIdentifiers request that issued an incomplete list.
Sample Request - Identifiers since January 1st, 2012
?verb=ListIdentifiers&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&from=2012-01-01T00:00:00
Additional Information
For more information about this protocol please refer to the documentation provided by the Open Archives Initiative.
ListMetadataFormats
This verb is used to retrieve the metadata formats that are available.
Arguments
- identifier
optional argument that specifies the unique identifier of the item for which the available metadata formts will be limited to.
Sample Request
Additional Information
For more information about this protocol please refer to the documentation provided by the Open Archives Initiative.
ListRecords
This verb is used to harvest records from the repository.
Arguments
- metadataPrefix
required argument that specifies the metadataPrefix of the format is included in the metadata portion of the returned record. See the ListMetadataFormats argument for supported metadata formats and prefix's. - from
optional argument with a value in UTCdatetime format, which defines a lower bound for a date based selective harvesting. - until
optional argument with a value in UTCdatetime format, which defines a upper bound for a date based selective harvesting. - set
optional argument with a setSpec value, which specifies set criteria for selective harvesting. - resumptionToken
exclusive argument with a value that is the flow control token returned by a previous ListRecords request that issued an incomplete list.
Sample Request - Records since January 1st, 2012
?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&from=2012-01-01T00:00:00
Additional Information
For more information about this protocol please refer to the documentation provided by the Open Archives Initiative.
ListSets
This verb is used to obtain the set structure of a repository, which is useful for selective harvesting.
Arguments
- resumptionToken
exclusive argument with a value that is the flow control token returned by a previous ListSets request that issued an incomplete list.
Sample Request
Additional Information
For more information about this protocol please refer to the documentation provided by the Open Archives Initiative.
Background
Web Services
- International Image Interoperability Framework(IIIF) Service - Provides scholars uniform and rich access to image-based resources in RUcore.
- Manage Service - This service provides methods to create resource in RUcore.
- Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting - Use the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting to access resources in RUcore.
- Persistent Uniform Resource Locator Service - This service provides methods to create, update, and manage PURLs.
- Relationship Service - This service provides methods for retrieving, creating, deleting, and describing relationship statements in RUcore.
- Search Service - This service provides methods for querying for resoruces in RUcore.
Listserv and Google Group
A Google Group has been created to provide a place for discussion about the web services RUcore provides.
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Statistical Profile