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Contents

  • IRUS Tracker protocol R5.0
  • IRUS Tracker protocol for COUNTER R4 (deprecated)
  • How IRUS excludes robots and rogue usage
  • Item types policy
  • IRUS takedown policy
  • IRUS best practices for cataloguing identifiers and exposing them in OAI-PMH

IRUS has a number of policies that you may wish to view.

IRUS Tracker protocol R5.0
Explains how usage data is transmitted from the repository to IRUS for processing into COUNTER conformant statistics using the COUNTER Release 5 version of the tracker.
IRUS Tracker protocol for COUNTER R4 (deprecated)
Explains how usage data is transmitted from the repository to IRUS for processing into COUNTER conformant statistics using the COUNTER Release 4 version of the tracker.
How IRUS excludes robots and rogue usage
Lays out the processes and filters IRUS makes in transforming raw data from the repositories into COUNTER-conformant usage statistics.
Item types policy
Explains how the IRUS item types have been selected and how they are working effectively both in the UK and for international services.
IRUS takedown policy
Explains how IRUS handles usage for items that have been taken down from host repository and how to request this.
IRUS best practices for cataloguing identifiers and exposing them in OAI-PMH
Sets out IRUS' recommended methods of cataloguing some key identifiers to enable better exposure.
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