Advanced overview of version 2.0 of the open archives initiative protocol for metadata harvesting

ABSTRACT

This tutorial is a follow-on to "Introduction to the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting" (OAI-PMH), given earlier the same day. It is appropriate for those who have completed the earlier tutorial or are already familiar with OAI-PMH. The tutorial will begin by highlighting the differences between versions 1.1 and 2.0 of the OAI-PMH, and then discuss possible migration strategies for 1.1 harvesters and repositories. Advanced topics and deployment scenarios will also be discussed, including: flow control, load balancing, error recovery, hierarchical harvesting, sets and alternate metadata formats.

REFERENCES

• 1: Lagoze, C., Van de Sompel, H., Nelson, M., and Warner, S. The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, 2002. Available at: http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol.htm
• 2: Carl Lagoze , Herbert Van de Sompel, The open archives initiative: building a low-barrier interoperability framework, Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries, p.54-62, January 2001, Roanoke, Virginia, United States [doi>10.1145/379437.379449]
• 3: Lagoze, C., Van de Sompel, H., Nelson, M., and Warner, S. The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting Implementation Guidelines, 2002. Available at: http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/guidelines.htm

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.7 Digital Libraries
          Subjects: Standards

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.2 Network Protocols

General Terms:
Languages, Standardization

Keywords:
OAI, OAI-PMH, harvesting, interoperability, metadata