Woohoo! 

I finished crosswalking my MODS records into simple DC and then re-uploaded my static repository page.  I timorously pasted my page’s baseURL into the box at the Open Archives Initiative – Repository Explorer and clicked on ‘Test the specified/selected baseURL’ and crossed my fingers.

Yes, yes.  I know it passed before with one DC record and 10 MODS records, but it turns out that it is only checking the DC records.  It ignores the MODS records or those in any other schema.  I had updated the one DC record and added 9 more, so I had plenty of room for failure.

I am so excited!  I now have a valid and well-formed XML file that comprises a valid OAI-PMH Static Repository.  Go me!

Tomorrow I’ll make sure that I have satisfied all the requirements for this assignment, although I think I have.

And yes, serials cataloging should have taken precedence since it is due first thing Monday morning, while this isn’t due until Tues. afternoon and we were told we could have until the end of the week if need be.  I meant to work on the cataloging, but after I got back from the grocery store I had a headache and I figured it’d be easier to crosswalk my metadata records.  I was right, too.

Next (self-initiated) learning project, when I have time, is to figure out how to do the crosswalking automatically, or at least not entirely by hand, because:  A) it seems like a great learning opportunity, and B) if I continue with this project I may well want to provide my bib citations via an OAI-PMH Static Repository and I’d much rather create my records in MODS and let "the system" do the crosswalking.

All I have left to say is that I deserve them beers I’m going out for later.  One, for finishing this assignment and two, for making the beer date via IM.