Open Archives Initiative (OAI)
An Open Archives Initiative (OAI) is an standards organization that develops and promotes standards for web content interoperability.
- Context:
- See: Document Indexing Task Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Open Archival Information System, Interoperability, Institutional Repository, Digital Library, Metadata, Standardization, Eprint, Academia, Academic Journal, Open Access.
References
2019
- (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archives_Initiative Retrieved:2019-4-21.
- The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) is an organization no develop and apply technical interoperability standards for archives to share catalog information (metadata).[1] It attempts to build a "low-barrier interoperability framework" for archives (institutional repositories) containing digital content (digital libraries). It allows people (service providers) to harvest metadata (from data providers). This metadata is used to provide "value-added services", often by combining different data sets.
OAI has been involved xa in developing a technological framework and interoperability standards for enhancing access to eprint archives, which make scholarly communications like academic journals available, associated with the open access publishing movement. The relevant technology and standards are applicable beyond scholarly publishing.
The OAI technical infrastructure, specified in the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) version 2.0, defines a mechanism for data providers to expose their metadata. This protocol mandates that individual archives map their metadata to the Dublin Core, a common metadata set for this purpose. OAI standards allow a common way to provide content, and part of those standards is that the content has metadata that describes the items in Dublin Core format. Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) defines standards for the description and exchange of aggregations of web resources.
Funding for the initiative comes from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), Digital Library Federation (DLF), National Science Foundation (NSF), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other organizations.
- The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) is an organization no develop and apply technical interoperability standards for archives to share catalog information (metadata).[1] It attempts to build a "low-barrier interoperability framework" for archives (institutional repositories) containing digital content (digital libraries). It allows people (service providers) to harvest metadata (from data providers). This metadata is used to provide "value-added services", often by combining different data sets.
2019b
- (OAI, 2019) ⇒ https://www.openarchives.org/ Retrieved:2019-4-21.
- QUOTE: The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. OAI has its roots in the open access and institutional repository movements. Continued support of this work remains a cornerstone of the Open Archives program. Over time, however, the work of OAI has expanded to promote broad access to digital resources for eScholarship, eLearning, and eScience.
2001
- (Lagoze & Van de Sompel, 2001) ⇒ Carl Lagoze, and Herbert Van de Sompel. (2001). “The Open Archives Initiative: Building a Low-barrier Interoperability Framework.” In: Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries. ISBN:1-58113-345-6 doi:10.1145/379437.379449
- QUOTE: The name Open Archives Initiative reflects the origins of the OAI in the E-Prints community where the term archive is generally accepted as a synonym for a repository of scholarly papers. Members of the archiving profession have justifiably noted the strict definition of an “archive” within their domain; with implications for preservation of long-term value, statutory authorization and institutional policy. The OAI uses the term “archive” in a broader sense: as a repository for stored information. Language and terms are never unambiguous and uncontroversial and the OAI respectfully requests the indulgence of the archiving community with this less constrained use of “archive”.