[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Help changing the <repositoryIdentifier> value in the OAI-PMH feed?

[Tran, Saron Tech]

Hi Cliff.

The <repositoryIdentifier> element is from the staff interface “OAI-PMH Settings” page.  It uses the OAI Record Prefix where it removes the “oai:” part if you still have it there otherwise it will just take the value entered there (I think this is it as I backtracked from just trying it in our test instance-- https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/a81ea29ea0167374ef7d38e8a5631627b9cd1d2d/backend/app/lib/oai/oai_gem_patches/identify_response.rb#L22 ).  It did require me to restart the application when I changed the OAI Record Prefix field to take place in the https://archives.lib.ku.edu/oai?verb=Identify where I found the <repositoryIdentifier> element.

It looks like the default value in that field is:  oai:archivesspace which is why I think you see ArchivesSpace in the <repositoryIdentifier> element



From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of Cliff Landis <jlandis at auctr.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 10:09 AM
To: archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Help changing the <repositoryIdentifier> value in the OAI-PMH feed?
Hi folks,

We’re trying to set up the ArchivesSpace OAI-PMH feed in Digital Collections Gateway (DCG) so that our finding aids can appear in WorldCat.

Unfortunately, the OAI-PMH feed that is coming out of ArchivesSpace isn’t passing the pre-check validator in DCG.

We reached out to OCLC, and they said to test the feed using the validator at https://www.openarchives.org/Register/ValidateSite.

When we did so, we got a failure for the <repositoryIdentifier> element, because the value is currently set to “archivesspace” rather than to our domain “auctr.edu”.  The domain is what’s required in that element according to the guidelines<https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/guidelines-oai-identifier.htm>.

There’s no option to change that particular element, either in the back-end config.rb file<https://archivesspace.github.io/tech-docs/customization/configuration.html>, or in the staff interface “OAI-PMH Settings” page.

Is there any other way to change this value?  Is there something that I’m missing?

Thanks in advance!

Cliff Landis  (he/him/his<https://www.glsen.org/activity/pronouns-guide-glsen>)
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