Repository Tools 2: OA Location Functionality

Users can specify an OA location when depositing to a repository. This is available for RT2 integrations with DSpace, EPrints or Figshare.  In addition you can specify a compliant file version for DSpace, or EPrints. An OA location is a URL which points to a location where an Open Access version of the publication's full text can be found. Supplying an OA location URL is optional and provides additional assistance for Repository Administrators to locate Open Access content, there is no validation of the URL to check OA status.  

Enable in the ‘Deposit Settings’ section of the repository data source page at System Admin > Data Sources > Data Source Management(In 5.x: System Admin > Data > Data Source Management):

On the RT2 Deposit page, an OA location and a file version (DSpace or EPrints) can be added via the Enter an OA location tab:

In addition to enabling the feature in Elements, the OA location fields need to be added to the harvest and deposit crosswalks. 

Care should be taken when crosswalking this data. Inside Elements the OA location sits in the oa-location-url field, and the corresponding file version in the oa-location-file-version field. When specifying a repository field in the deposit map file, for example:

<xwalk:field-mapping to="[Repository field for URL]">
     <xwalk:field-source from="oa-location-url" />
</xwalk:field-mapping>
<xwalk:field-mapping to="[Repository field for file version]">
     <xwalk:field-source from="oa-location-file-version" />
</xwalk:field-mapping>

It is essential that the harvest map file mirrors these mappings, putting the OA location data back into the fields mentioned above:

<xwalk:field-mapping to="oa-location-url">
     <xwalk:field-source from="[Repository field for URL]" />
</xwalk:field-mapping>
<xwalk:field-mapping to="oa-location-file-version">
     <xwalk:field-source from="[Repository field for file version]" />
</xwalk:field-mapping>

Otherwise, the OA locations specified by the depositor will not appear in Elements. Please raise a support ticket if you have questions about OA location crosswalks in figshare.