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an OAI-PMH request are set, resumptionToken, and metadataPrefix. The
set argument is used to selectively harvest metadata from defined sets, or
collections, of items on the OAI-PMH server. The metadataPrefix, on the
other hand, specifies the OAI-PMH response metadata schema. Finally,
OAI-PMH allows for the use of a resumptionToken as a method to control
data flow. Many OAI-PMH servers will return a maximum number of
records per request. If more metadata records exist within a given OAI-
PMH request, the server will provide a resumptionToken that can be used
to retrieve additional requested items.

OAI-PMH Verbs 9
GetRecord
This verb is used to retrieve an individual metadata record from
a repository. The GetRecord verb requires the use of the identi-
fier and the metadataPrefix arguments. To request the record
id: oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29431 from the Ohio State University
Libraries’ 2006–07 Mershon Center Research Projects (Use of
Force and Diplomacy) collection in Unqualified Dublin Core,
one would submit the following request: http://kb.osu.edu/oai/
request?verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/294
31&metadataPrefix=oai_dc. This request would return the fol-
lowing response:

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>
<OAI-PMH xmlns=“http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance” xsi:schemaLocation=“http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/
OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd”>
<responseDate>2017–07–30T12:51:51Z</responseDate>
<request identifier=“oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29431” metadataPrefix=“oai_dc” verb=“GetRecord”>http://
kb.osu.edu/oai/request</request>
<GetRecord>
<record>
<header>
<identifier>oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29431</identifier>
<datestamp>2011–02–22T23:26:57Z</datestamp>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29374</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29375</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29373</setSpec>
</header>
<metadata>
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc=“http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/” xmlns:dc=“http://purl.org/dc/
elements/1.1/” xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” xsi:schemaLocation=“http://
www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd”>
<dc:title>For Peace and Money: International Finance and the Triple Entente</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Siegel, Jennifer</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>Russian foreign debt</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>World War I</dc:subject>
<dc:description>
In For Peace and Money: International Finance and the Making and Unmaking of the
Entente Cordiale, Jennifer Siegel examines French and British bank loans to Russia
in the late imperial period, up to the Genoa Conference of 1922. The study will
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