OARepo RDM

Runtime extensions for integrating custom metadata models with Invenio RDM.

Overview

This package provides a set of runtime patches that enable the RDM service to work seamlessly with different metadata models. It extends the standard Invenio RDM functionality by:

• Patching RDM service methods (search, search_drafts, scan, read) to search and operate across multiple models
• Delegating PID-based method calls to specialized per-model services
• Modifying the PID context of RDMRecord/RDMDraft to return specialized record instances on resolve
• Enabling registration of custom services/resources in place of default RDM ones

This package depends on OARepo patches to invenio_rdm_records that provide the infrastructure for registering custom service/resource implementations.

Installation

pip install oarepo-rdm

Requirements

• Python 3.13+
• Invenio 14.x
• oarepo-runtime >= 2.0.0dev5
• oarepo-model >= 0.1.0dev17

Key Features

1. Multi-Model Service Integration

Source: oarepo_rdm/ext.py, oarepo_rdm/services/

The package patches RDM service methods to enable unified operations across multiple metadata models:

# The patched service can search across all registered models
results = rdm_service.search(identity=identity)

# PID-based operations are delegated to model-specific services
record = rdm_service.read(identity=identity, id_=record_id)

Patched methods:

• search - Searches across all registered models
• search_drafts - Searches draft records across models
• scan - Scans records across models
• read - Delegates to specialized service based on record PID

2. Specialized Record Resolution

Source: oarepo_rdm/records/

The PID context is patched so that resolving a PID returns an instance of the specialized record class rather than the generic RDM record:

# Resolving a PID returns the model-specific record class
record = pid.resolve()  # Returns MyCustomRecord instance

This ensures that model-specific behavior and fields are available when working with resolved records.

3. Custom Service and Resource Registration

Source: oarepo_rdm/model/presets/rdm/

The package provides infrastructure for registering custom services and resources for specific metadata models:

• Records: Custom record and draft implementations (records/)
• Resources: Custom resource configurations (resources/)
• Services: Custom service implementations (services/)

4. RDM Metadata Presets

Source: oarepo_rdm/model/presets/rdm_metadata/

Pre-configured RDM metadata elements and schemas:

• rdm_elements.yaml - Reusable RDM metadata field definitions
• rdm.yaml - Complete RDM metadata schema preset

These presets provide a starting point for creating RDM-compatible custom models.

5. OAI-PMH Integration

Source: oarepo_rdm/oai/

Full OAI-PMH support with percolator-based set management:

from oarepo_rdm.oai import OAIPMHPresets

# Configure OAI-PMH for your model
presets = OAIPMHPresets(serializer=datacite_serializer, config=oai_config)

Components:

• Percolator-based OAI set filtering (percolator.py)
• DataCite and Dublin Core serializers (serializer.py)
• OpenSearch index templates for OAI (index_templates/)
• OAI percolator mappings (mappings/)

6. PID System Fields

Source: oarepo_rdm/records/systemfields/pid.py

Enhanced PID system fields that integrate with the multi-model architecture:

from oarepo_rdm.records.systemfields import OARepoPIDField


class MyRecord(RDMRecord):
    pid = OARepoPIDField()

7. Unified Permission Policy

Source: Configuration via RDM_PERMISSION_POLICY

For performance reasons, permissions for search and scan operations are evaluated at the RDM records level, not on the specialized-service layer. This means that the permissions defined for the RDM records service apply to all requests, regardless of which specialized service is handling the request.

Important: All models must use the same permission policy, configured via the RDM_PERMISSION_POLICY configuration variable.

# In your configuration
RDM_PERMISSION_POLICY = MyUnifiedPermissionPolicy

8. Response Handlers

Source: oarepo_rdm/resources/records/response_handlers.py

Custom response handlers for RDM resources that properly handle multi-model scenarios.

9. Internationalization Support

Source: oarepo_rdm/i18n/

Full i18n support with translations for Czech and English:

• Message catalogs for UI elements
• Webpack integration for frontend translations
• Semantic UI translation bundles

Development

Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/oarepo/oarepo-rdm.git
cd oarepo-rdm

./run.sh venv

Running Tests

./run.sh test

The test suite includes:

• RDM CRUD operations (test_rdm_crud.py)
• Search functionality (test_search.py, test_search_drafts.py)
• PID resolution (test_pid.py)
• OAI-PMH integration (test_oai.py)
• Resource endpoints (test_resources.py)
• Service tasks (test_service_tasks.py)
• Secret links (test_secret_links.py)
• Runtime model behavior (test_runtime_model.py)

Entry Points

The package registers several Invenio entry points:

[project.entry-points."invenio_config.module"]
oarepo_rdm = "oarepo_rdm.initial_config"

[project.entry-points."invenio_base.apps"]
invenio_rdm_records = "invenio_rdm_records.ext:InvenioRDMRecords"
oarepo_rdm = "oarepo_rdm.ext:OARepoRDM"

[project.entry-points."invenio_base.api_apps"]
invenio_rdm_records = "invenio_rdm_records.ext:InvenioRDMRecords"
oarepo_rdm = "oarepo_rdm.ext:OARepoRDM"

[project.entry-points."invenio_base.api_blueprints"]
invenio_rdm_records = "invenio_rdm_records.views:create_records_bp"
# ... and more RDM blueprints

[project.entry-points."invenio_base.finalize_app"]
invenio_rdm_records = "invenio_rdm_records.ext:finalize_app"
oarepo_rdm = "oarepo_rdm.ext:finalize_app"

[project.entry-points."invenio_search.index_templates"]
oarepo_rdm_oai = "oarepo_rdm.oai.index_templates"

[project.entry-points."invenio_search.mappings"]
oarepo_rdm_oai = "oarepo_rdm.oai.mappings"

[project.entry-points."oarepo.cli.search.init"]
install_percollators = "oarepo_rdm.oai.percolator:init_percolators"

License

Copyright (c) 2020-2025 CESNET z.s.p.o.

OARepo RDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT License. See LICENSE file for more details.

Links

• Documentation: https://github.com/oarepo/oarepo-rdm
• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/oarepo-rdm/
• Issues: https://github.com/oarepo/oarepo-rdm/issues
• OARepo Project: https://github.com/oarepo

Acknowledgments

This project builds upon Invenio RDM and is developed as part of the OARepo ecosystem.