[EP-underground] OAI policies (was: [EP-tech] OAI harvestor problem (No verb was s pecified))

[I send this to the Eprints Underground list as well, since the policy
question is probably more appropriate there]

When I recently looked around to see what metadata and data policies
different archives used in their OAI configuration, I found them to be quite
different. Hence I wrote some policies based mostly on my own idea about how
they should be, see <http://orgprints.org/perl/oai2?verb=Identify>

I did not check the CalTech policies back then, but I can see that the
metadata policy seems similar to ours though the wording is different.

I would be interested in any comments on how appropriate policies should
look. In particular, some archives mention that commercial use is not
allowed, whereas I think that this is not a problem as long as there is a
reference or direct link to the original metadata summary page. And some
archives wrote something like "No rights at all are granted to this data",
which I found a bit confusing.

Regards
Hugo, http://orgprints.org/


> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sendt: 13. marts 2003 17:00
> Til: [email protected]
> Emne: RE: [EP-tech] OAI harvestor problem (No verb was specified)
> 
> 
> The three policy statements assigned in ArchiveOAIConfig.pm --
> metadata_policy, data_policy and submission_policy -- are 
> seen in the OAI
> 'Identify' verb. The text we use may help you get stated with your own
> policy statements. Look near the bottom:
> 
> http://caltechcstr.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2?verb=Identify
> 
> --
> Ed Sponsler
> Caltech Library System
> http://coda.caltech.edu
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jian Yang [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:44 PM
> > To: EPrints.org Technical List
> > Subject: Re: [EP-tech] OAI harvestor problem (No verb was specified)
> > 
> > 
> > Hi:
> > Thanks Mike a lot for the information. I just realized that I 
> > have not fully
> > configured the
> > ArchiveOAIConfig.pm. However, I really have no clue about how 
> > to filling in
> > things
> > like metadata policy. From the document:
> > "If you want to use the OAI system then you need to fill in 
> > the blanks, such
> > as policy and the OAI-id of the archive."
> > It is indeed not easy for someone new to this. Anyone has any 
> > suggestions?
> > Thanks a lot!
> > Regards,
> > Jian
>