Make OAI-PMH support tested and clear

[julesies]

Descriptive summary

The blacklight OAI Provider now works with Hyrax and a few institutions are using it (or at least one in prod :) ) so can we figure out what needs to happen next? Do we need to test with Nurax, document, promote, etc?

https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight_oai_provider

[rjkati]

@jlhardes, looks like this ticket needs decisions about next steps.

[jlhardes]

It doesn't look to me like this is something Hyrax has available by default. We need to test to know if it is still possible to install and run on Hyrax. I can try locally and see how far I get. If it seems to be working, I think it could be worth it to add a pointer in Hyrax documentation to the blacklight_oai_provider instructions (probably on the Samvera KB site) for those who are interested or need that functionality.

[jlhardes]

I did not get far with the Docker build locally. So even if this does work with Hyrax it is more involved than just pointing to the blacklight_oai_provider documentation to install and run. I think Hyrax documentation will need to include how to incorporate this gem as part of our current build process (Docker or helm). @julesies is there a possibility that any institutions running this have documentation available on how they did it or how this can be added as part of a build process for Hyrax?

[ryanfb]

Hi all, we just integrated the blacklight_oai_provider gem into our Hyrax-based repository here at Duke: https://gitlab.oit.duke.edu/ddr/rdr/-/merge_requests/108/diffs

One thing to be aware of is that the OAI-PMH endpoint will throw an exception if there's no objects in the repository, you can see my fix for this issue here: projectblacklight/blacklight_oai_provider#33

[agoslen]

At the SMIG meeting today, there was some discussion about what kind of OAI support if any is available by default for Hyrax, and agreement that documentation similar to what @jlhardes suggests would be beneficial.

[jlhardes]

Thanks @ryanfb and @agoslen! I think it would be great if SMIG wants to write up documentation for options to implement OAI-PMH on Hyrax. Let me know how I can help move that along.

[jlhardes]

Oregon Digital's OAI implementation looks like another example: https://github.com/OregonDigital/oregondigital/wiki/OAI-Documentation

[acklose]

@jlhardes Hopefully, the new OAI-PMH documentation ([https://samvera.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/samvera/pages/2251751437/OAI-PMH+Documentation]) is helpful.

[jlhardes]

@acklose that is terrific, thank you SMIG!! I think this works to complete what is needed for this issue. @rjkati what do you think about closing this issue?