2.5 Flow Control
Flow control, through the use of incomplete list responses and
resumptionToken elements, is a powerful mechanism that allows a
repository to throttle incoming requests from harvesters. However,
depending on the repository, this can be one of the more complex parts
of the OAI-PMH to implement. While there are no definite guidelines
regarding the size of a list response that should result in an
incomplete-list responses, it is reasonable that repositories with less
than 1000 items reply with a single complete-list responses (i.e. do not
use resumptionToken elements).
C'est seulement une valeur par défaut. Je crois que ça pourrait changer
d'un appli à l'autre.