Library Cataloging
The NASA Technical Reports Server now uses the OAI-PMH. This is good news, moving towards standards. The bad news is they no longer provide access to the NASA Astrophysical Data Service. Here at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, these are important tools for my work.The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is proving a useful tool for building catalogs of electronic resources. What this means for Z39.50 remains to be seen. Is there a place for both?
- Relying On Web Services
Recently we have had two examples of trusted resources being off line for an extended time. A few weeks ago the GPO PURL server was down for several days. This meant that thousands of links in library catalogs around the globe were broken. Now the NASA...
- Oai-pmh @ Npg
Good news from the Nature Publishing Group, they now provide OAI-PMH access to their publications.Nature.com now has an OAI-PMH interface. This service implements the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting from the Open Archives Initiative. This means that...
- Oai
Barrueco Cruz, Jose Manuel and Subirats Coll, Imma (2003) Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH): descripción, funciones y aplicación de un protocolo. El Profesional de la Informacion 12(2):pp. 99-106. Spanish with English...
- Oai
The latest issue of Library hi tech is devoted to the Open Archives Initiative. Some of the articles are:The making of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting by Carl Lagoze; Herbert Van de Sompel OAI and NASA's scientific and...
- Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting v.2.0 scheduled for release. Here is a description of the OAI from their FAQ: The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination...
Library Cataloging
OAI
The NASA Technical Reports Server now uses the OAI-PMH. This is good news, moving towards standards. The bad news is they no longer provide access to the NASA Astrophysical Data Service. Here at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, these are important tools for my work.The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is proving a useful tool for building catalogs of electronic resources. What this means for Z39.50 remains to be seen. Is there a place for both?
- Relying On Web Services
Recently we have had two examples of trusted resources being off line for an extended time. A few weeks ago the GPO PURL server was down for several days. This meant that thousands of links in library catalogs around the globe were broken. Now the NASA...
- Oai-pmh @ Npg
Good news from the Nature Publishing Group, they now provide OAI-PMH access to their publications.Nature.com now has an OAI-PMH interface. This service implements the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting from the Open Archives Initiative. This means that...
- Oai
Barrueco Cruz, Jose Manuel and Subirats Coll, Imma (2003) Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH): descripción, funciones y aplicación de un protocolo. El Profesional de la Informacion 12(2):pp. 99-106. Spanish with English...
- Oai
The latest issue of Library hi tech is devoted to the Open Archives Initiative. Some of the articles are:The making of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting by Carl Lagoze; Herbert Van de Sompel OAI and NASA's scientific and...
- Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting v.2.0 scheduled for release. Here is a description of the OAI from their FAQ: The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination...