Open Archives Initiative

Exposing and Harvesting Metadata Using the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol: A Tutorial
This article outlines the ideas behind the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol (OAIMH), and clarifies some common misconceptions. The author considers how the OAIMH protocol can be used to expose and harvest metadata. Perl code examples are given as practical illustration.

Metadata Harvesting and the Open Archives Initiative
For a good introduction to metadata harvesting, see Clifford Lynch, "Metadata Harvesting and the Open Archives Initiative," ARL Bimonthly Report 217 (August 2001): http://www.arl.org/newsltr/217/mhp.html

The Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. The Open Archives Initiative has its roots in an effort to enhance access to e-print archives as a means of increasing the availability of scholarly communication. Continued support of this work remains a cornerstone of the Open Archives program.

Open Archives Initiative: Object Reuse and Exchange
Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange defines standards for the description and exchange of aggregations of web resources. The goal of these standards is to expose the rich content in these aggregations to applications that support authoring, deposit, exchange, visualization, reuse and preservation.