Alexander, Martha Latika; Gautam, J N(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, February NaN, 2004)
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Abstract:
Interoperability refers to the ability of a Digital Library to work cooperatively with other
Digital Libraries in an attempt to provide higher quality services to users. There are many
approaches to achieve some degree of interoperability and one such approach involves
the creation and use of Open Archives. The OAI is an initiative to develop and promote
interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. The
OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) provides an application-independent
interoperability framework based on metadata harvesting. OAI-PMH enables automated
distribution of any kind of metadata, which may be aggregated into searchable databases
by “harvesting” systems. It has reached version 2.0, intended for stable, production services.