[tdwg-tapir] Tapir protocol - Harvest methods?

Just starting with Tapir/DiGIR - I have 2 questions:

* I would like to know if the Tapir protocol is the preferred method over DiGIR. We have a DiGIR implementation that we want to move away from, and bring up a Tapir one in its place. Is this normal, or do organizations run both to facilitate their older clients to do harvesting?

* What is a method to harvest data from Tapir, and/or DiGIR - we want to do this internally to test our implementation before we open up to the world, how can I do this (we run Windows and Linux as clients)

Thank you

Phil

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Phil Cryer

Open Source Development

Missouri Botanical Garden