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Open Archives Initiative
Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Open Archives Initiative -> PMH
The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability. Data Providers are repositories that expose structured metadata via OAI-PMH. Service Providers then make OAI-PMH service requests to harvest that metadata. OAI-PMH is a set of six verbs or services that are invoked within HTTP.
OAI-PMH Core Resources
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OAI-PMH Version 2.0
Specification
Describes the six OAI-PMH verbs, the XML schema for responses to verbs, and the underlying data model -
Implementation
Guidelines
A supplement to the OAI-PMH Version 2.0 Specification that includes guidelines for implementers and guidelines for specific application domains. -
Static Repository Specification
Provides a simple approach for exposing relatively stable and small collections of metadata records through the OAI-PMH.
Interoperability through Metadata Exchange
The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability. Data Providers are repositories that expose structured metadata via OAI-PMH. Service Providers then make OAI-PMH service requests to harvest that metadata. OAI-PMH is a set of six verbs or services that are invoked within HTTP.
OAI-PMH Community Resources
- Ask questions, announce services, or make suggestions on the OAI-PMH Google group
- Data providers
- Service providers
- OAI-PMH Tools - Software and tools for data providers and service providers.