OAI interface documentation

For SIL International's data provider for the SIL Language and Culture Archives.
This provider is compatible with the protocols of both the OAI (Open Archives Initiative) and OLAC (Open Language Archives Community).

Repository identifier: sil
OAI protocol version: 1.1
OLAC protocol version: 0.4
BASE-URL: http://www.ethnologue.com/sil_archives.asp

Verbs

For arguments (O) indicates optional, (M) indicates mandatory, and (E) indicates exclusive (ie. that parameter and no others may be specified, otherwise that parameter may no be specified).

• verb=Document
  test: verb=Document

• verb=GetRecord
  arguments=identifier(M), metadataPrefix(M)
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/OAI_GetRecord.xsd
  test: verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:sil:10003&metadataPrefix=oai_dc
  test: verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:sil:10003&metadataPrefix=olac

• verb=Identify
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/OAI_Identify.xsd
  test: verb=Identify

• verb=ListIdentifiers
  arguments=until(O), from(O), set(O), resumptionToken(E)
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/OAI_ListIdentifiers.xsd
  test: verb=ListIdentifiers

• verb=ListMetadataFormats
  arguments=identifier(O)
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/OAI_ListMetadataFormats.xsd
  test: verb=ListMetadataFormats

• verb=ListRecords
  arguments=until(O), from(O), set(O), resumptionToken(E), metadataPrefix(M)
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/OAI_ListRecords.xsd
  test: verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc
  test: verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=olac
  test: verb=ListRecords&resumptionToken=9olac

• verb=ListSets
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/OAI_ListSets.xsd
  test: verb=ListSets

Metadata formats

In this implementation the following two formats are available for all records.

• prefix=olac
  schema=http://www.language-archives.org/OLAC/0.4/olac.xsd
• prefix=oai_dc
  schema=http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/1.1/dc.xsd

See output from verb=ListMetadataFormats.