The preservation Gateway functions as an aggregating cache for preservation requests originating with a repository and destined for a DDP via the OTM Bridge. This allows repositories to synchronously send content preservation in an asynchronous deep archive.

Repository Gateway API

PUT Object (deposit)

Description

Create a gateway object for preservation of a Bag Object from the repository

Requests/Responses

GET Object Audit

Description

Retrieve audit metadata for the object.

Requests/Responses

DELETE Object (destroy)

Description

Request removal of a Bag Object and all its contents

Requests/Responses

POST Object Restore

Description

Request restore of a Bag Object and all its contents for later retrieval

Requests/Responses

Can HTTP Range requests be used to retrieve individual files (e.g. metadata)

GET Object (retrieve)

Description

Retrieve a restored object.

Requests/Responses

Can HTTP Range requests be used to retrieve individual files (e.g. metadata)

Authentication

Repository Client Authorization

Authentication with the OTM Bridge

Bridge Interactions