Is Metadata Harvesting from an External DSpace Repository Supported in DSpace-CRIS 2025.02.00

[Rakhi Dhibar]

Hii,

I have a question regarding OAI-PMH harvesting in DSpace-CRIS.

Is it possible to harvest metadata from an external DSpace repository into DSpace-CRIS 2025.02.00 using the built-in OAI-PMH harvesting feature?

I configured a collection as a harvested collection and used the external repository's OAI-PMH endpoint. The source repository supports metadata formats such as simple dc, dim, qdc,... The OAI endpoint responds correctly to the Identify and ListMetadataFormats requests.

However, although the harvest process completes, no metadata records are imported into the collection.

I would appreciate your guidance on the following:

1. Is metadata harvesting from another DSpace repository supported in DSpace-CRIS 2025.02.00?
2. Which metadata format should be used when harvesting from a DSpace repository (oai_dc or dim)?
3. Is there any additional configuration or mapping required to enable successful harvesting?
4. Has anyone successfully configured metadata harvesting from an external DSpace repository in DSpace-CRIS 2025.02.00?

Any advice, documentation, or working examples would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards,

Rakhi Dhibar

Research Scholar, Rabindra Bharati University