Open Archives Initiative ResourceSync Framework Specification

Start Here with the ResourceSync core specification.

• ResourceSync Framework Specification (ANSI/NISO Z39.99-2017)

Additional Specifications provide extensions to the ResourceSync core. These include a specification to support archives of synchronization information and extensions for push-based change communication.

• ResourceSync Change Notification
• ResourceSync Framework Notification
• ResourceSync Archives (beta draft)
• Relation Types used in the ResourceSync Framework

Feedback on the specifications, and discussion of ResourceSync in general, is encouraged on the ResourceSync Google Group.

Tools and Additional Resources to support use of the ResourceSync framework.

• W3C XML Schema for validating ResourceSync extensions to the Sitemaps document formats
• ResourceSync Tools

Further Readings provide backgrounds and current discussions of the ResourceSync specifications.

• ResourceSync Google Group
• ResourceSync Tutorial Slides
• Cottage Labs blog posts about implementing ResourceSync in DSpace, and OAI-PMH use cases
• Extending Sitemaps for ResourceSync (JCDL13 paper exploring sitemap extensions and their implications, May 2013)
• ResourceSync: Leveraging Sitemaps for Resource Synchronization (WWW 2013 developer track paper describing experiments testing ResourceSync, May 2013)
• A Technical Framework for Resource Synchronization (D-Lib article describing technical foundations, January/February 2013)
• A Perspective on Resource Synchronization (D-Lib article describing the resource synchronization problem, September/October 2012)