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Sharing Data—Harvesting, Linking, and Distribution

<header>
<identifier>oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29435</identifier>
<datestamp>2011–02–22T23:26:57Z</datestamp>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29374</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29375</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29376</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_46875</setSpec>
</header>
<header>
<identifier>oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29436</identifier>
<datestamp>2011–02–22T23:26:57Z</datestamp>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29374</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29375</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29376</setSpec>
</header>
<header>
<identifier>oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29438</identifier>
<datestamp>2011–02–22T23:26:57Z</datestamp>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29375</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29376</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_46875</setSpec>
</header>
<header>
<identifier>oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/29439</identifier>
<datestamp>2011–02–22T23:26:57Z</datestamp>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29375</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_29376</setSpec>
<setSpec>hdl_1811_46875</setSpec>
</header>
</ListIdentifiers>
</OAI-PMH>

ListRecords
This verb is used to harvest a list of full metadata records from
an OAI-PMH server. This verb can be paired with arguments
limiting the records to be harvested by date (until and from)
or by set, as well as arguments setting the metadata prefer-
ence (metadataPrefix) or a resumptionToken when harvesting
large datasets. In general, the ListRecords request looks identi-
cal to the ListIdentifiers request, save for the different variable
usage and the fact that the response request looks similar to the
GetRecord response format. An example of such a request for
records in the Braceros collection in the Ohio State University
Libraries’ institutional repository OAI-PMH server would look
like: http://kb.osu.edu/oai/request?verb=ListRecords&metadat
aPrefix=oai_dc&set=hdl_1811_29375, and it would return the
following (truncated) response:

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