The expanding world of OAI.(Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, OAI-PMH)

• Published in: Library Journal Vol. 129; no. 3; p. 32
• Main Author: Tennant, Roy
• Format: Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Library Journals, LLC 15.02.2004; MSI Information Services
• Subjects: Archives & records; Automation; Communications protocols; Computer network protocols; Data transfer rate; Database searching; Design and construction; Digital libraries; Electronic Libraries; Indexing; Innovation; Innovations; Internet/Web search services; Metadata; Network architecture; Network architectures; Online searching; Peer to peer computing; Protocol; Subject indexing; Transmission speed; United States; United States > US; Germany; California
• ISSN: 0363-0277

More importantly, the service is based on the concept of Extensible Repository Resource Locators (ERRoLs) for OAI Identifiers. ERRoLs are URLs that can link to any metadata record or web resource related to supported OAI repositories. This means that by going through the OCLC OAI resolver service at...