Features:
 - OAI v1.1 protocol support
 - clean separation between engine, configuration and data
 - FastCGI support (www.fastcgi.com)
 - hierarchical sets mapped from directory structure
 - multiple metadata formats generated on the fly
 - harvesting by date based on the file modification dates
 - uses standard OAI protocol module (same as CSTC, NDLTD, etc.)

1. extract all files into a directory from which the scripts can be executed using either FastCGI or CGI.
2. edit all the configuration files in the "config" directory
   1. define the archive name in "archiveid"
   2. define the metadata formats in "metadata.pl"
   3. define the response to Identify in "identity.pl"
   4. create stylesheets if necessary to map from one format to another
3. to use XSL transformations to generate DC records as in the sample collection, you will need an XSL transformation engine. the sample configuration is set up to use libxslt (http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/)
4. copy your XML files into the "data" directory using directories if necessary to create sets
5. test your archive using the Repository Explorer at
      http://purl.org/net/oai_explorer
   with either a URL that ends in
      scripts/oaicgi.pl
   or
      scripts/oaifcgi.pl
   depending on whether you are using CGI or FastCGI

• oai-file.tar.gz (10124 bytes)