Harvesting of publications (OAI-PMH)

Massive retrieval of publications is possible on Serval using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).

Access

Queries must contain a verb and possibly parameters. Here are some examples of access:

Verb
Poster
Example
Identify
General informations
ListMetadataFormats
The different metadata formats available
ListSets
Les différents sets existants
ListRecords
Lister les données
Idem mais pour un set uniquement
ListIdentifiers
Uniquement les identifiants

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When there is too much data to be displayed in a call, the result page contains a cursor that allows access to the next page.
Example:

...
<resumptionToken cursor="0">X27391577/1</resumptionToken>
...

You must then add a “resumptionToken” parameter to the called URL and assign that value to it. There must be no other argument except the verb previously used.

Example:
https://serval.unil.ch/oaiprovider/?verb=ListIdentifiers&resumptionToken=X27391577/1