LOCKSS Mini Tutorials

Introduction to LOCKSS

The LOCKSS 'Plugin Definer'

- Plugin Name

- Plugin ID

- Plugin Version

- Configuration Parameters

- AU Name Template

- Start URL Template

- Crawl Rules

- Pause time between fetches

- New Content Crawl Interval

Results

References

Writing OAI Plugins

Case Study: VTech ETDs plugin

Plugin ID: The Java class name for the plugin.(with proper package structure)

• Example: edu.vt.plugin.VirginiaLibraries
• Note: A very common, unnoticed error: In the Conspectus Database entry for the collection, please make sure that you give the same plugin ID in the corresponding field. Any small typographical errors will cause problems when harvesting the same (It is case sensitive also)

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