Ross Gardler wrote:
Ferdinand Soethe wrote:
The only requried information in the sitemap is the URL. This means we
can create the Google sitemap now, with minimal effort. Over time we can
enhance this by adding further meta-data once it becomes available.
I'm happy to go for the Google format, I just thought that our
commitment to standards would tip the balance towards OAI. Does OAI
not allow for a minimal form like Googles'?
Good point. However, I don't think OAI has a "minimal" form, I did some
preliminary research into it a few months ago. Let me check it out, I'll
report back.
OK, I've rechecked the schema and the OAI-PMH schema requires that a
date be provided in headers for each record (which coresponds to a
documet in our case). This means we need the last modified date
otherwise our data will be inaccurate, that is using last-published will
make harvesters think that the file was modified on that date.
see
http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol.htm#OAIPMHschema
Furthermore, as I mentioned in a previous mail, OAI is not about
indexing documents (like the Google sitemap) it is about indexing
meta-data. To use OAI-PMH for anything worthwdile requires quite a bit
of additional functionality like complete meta-data etc. I *do* want to
see this included but do not believe it is appropriate to the vast
majority of our present users.
I think we should proceed with the simpler case of Google and return to
OAI wen we have a meta-data system in place.
Ross
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