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Publication Date: 2002
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Understanding the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting of the Open Archives Initiative.
Breeding, Marshall
Computers in Libraries, v22 n8 p24-29 Sep 2002
Explains the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and its impact on digital libraries and information retrieval by transferring metadata from one server to another in a network of information systems. Highlights include data providers; service providers; value-added services; Dublin Core metadata; data transfer; historical background; and the administration of OAI. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administration, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Metadata
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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