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1. Login to XMLUI and create a new collection.
2. Go to the tab named "Content Source" that appears next to "Edit Metadata" and "Assign Roles " in the collection edit screens.
3. The two "Content Source" options are "standard DSpace collection" (selected by default) and "collection harvests its content from an external source". Select "harvests from an external source" option and click Save.
4. A new set of menus appear to configure the harvesting settings:
   • "OAI Provider" is in the URL of the OAI-PMH provider that the content from this collection should be harvested from. The OAI-PMH provider deployed with DSpace typically has the format: http://dspace.url/oai/request For example, you could use the Demo DSpace OAI-PMH provider: "http://demo.dspace.org/oai/request"
   • "OAI Set Id" is the OAI-PMH setSpec of the collection you wish to harvest from. For DSpace, this Set ID has the format: hdl_<handle-prefix>_<handle-suffix>. For example "hdl_10673_2" would refer to the Collection whose handle is "10673/2" (on the DSpace Demo Server, this is the Collection of Sample Items)
   • "Metadata format" determines the format that the descriptive metadata will be harvested. The OAI-PMH server of the source DSpace instance may only support certain metadata formats. Select "DSpace Intermediate Metadata" if available (as this provides the richest metadata transfer) and "Simple Dublin Core" otherwise
     • To determine which metadata formats an OAI-PMH server supports, you can send a ListMetadataFormats request to that OAI-PMH server. Typically this has the format: http://dspace.url/oai/request?verb=ListMetadataFormatsImage Added For example, you can see which metadata formats are supported by the DSpace Demo Server by visiting: http://demo.dspace.org/oai/request?verb=ListMetadataFormats^{Image Added}
   • Click the "Test Settings" button to verify the settings supplied in the previous steps. This will usually let you know if anything is missing or does not validate correctly. If you receive an error, you will need to fix the settings before continuing
5. The list of radio buttons labeled "Content being harvested" allows you to select the level of harvest. These harvesting options include:
   • Harvest Metadata Only - will only harvest item metadata from the source DSpace (or any OAI-PMH source)
   • Harvest metadata and references to bitstreams (requires ORE support) - will harvest item metadata and create links to files/bitstreams (stored remotely) from the source DSpace (requires OAI-ORE)
   • Harvest metadata and bitstreams (requires ORE support) - performs a full local replication. Harvests both item metadata and files/bitstreams (requires OAI-ORE).
6. Select the appropriate option based on your needs, and click Save

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