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OSTI's Harvesting Initiative officially launched
in January 2002 when the the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) became the first site to successfully submit
metadata via this new process.
Harvesting sites permit OSTI's automated
harvesting system to run, on a regular basis, a query with a
date range against their web servers. The query triggers a
site-generated program that retrieves new and updated records
directly from the site's STI database, converting them,
on-the-fly, to XML format. The records are automatically
uploaded into E-Link at OSTI, processed, link-checked, and sent
to Energy Citations and other appropriate databases.
After the initial set-up is complete, harvesting
sites can realize the following benefits:
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A great saving of staff time, since keying
individual records (for unclassified, unlimited information)
into E-Link is no longer necessary,
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Automatic updating of OSTI's records when new
information is added at the site. The updating and editing are
done in the site's database and picked up the next time
OSTI's harvester runs.
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Assurance that the site's record and OSTI's
record will remain in "version" harmony
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Feedback on which records loaded into E-Link
and which did not. The OSTI ID for each record loaded
is also provided back to the site.
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Authorities
E-Link Home
Reference copy of Subject Categories
Reference copies of
all DOE 241 forms and XML DTD
DOE Order 241.1A on DOE
Directives Web
Reference copy of DOE Order 241.1A
Reference copy of Admin Change to DOE Order 241.1A
Current version of
Guide 241.1-1A
Marked-up copy of proposed new version
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