OAI manual Set up the harvest
To set up the harvest, you just have to follow the instructions displayed on the screen. How does the tool function? It sends the requests to the repository by using the normal [OAI-PMH syntax] (beginning with the first request: the verb Identify) and proposes the choices between the different possibilities offered by the repository as soon as it receives the answers.
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indicate the address of your repository
The first question the tool will ask you is the url or the web address of the OAI-PMH server. The address must include the prefix: http:// or https://, for example: [http://www.gahetna.nl/archievenoverzicht/oai-pmh]
The tool then asks you to indicate whether your are using a proxy server. In some network environments you access the internet via a proxy server for security reasons. If that is the case, then enter the url or web address of the proxy server (ask the administrator of your network environment about this). In case you don't use a proxy server, for example in case you use the tool at home, then you in case you a proxy (it can be mandatory in some environments, for security reasons) or to leave empty. To leave empty, just press the enter key. The harvester begins its « dialog » with the repository by sending the request verbs and providing the according answers: list of metadata, list of sets, etc.
