OAI and OAI-PMH for absolute beginners: a non-technical introduction [Introduction to OAI and Harvesting]

Hunter, Philip (2005) OAI and OAI-PMH for absolute beginners: a non-technical introduction [Introduction to OAI and Harvesting] . Delivered at CERN workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI4), Geneva (Switzerland). Presentation.

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Abstract

1. Coverage:
- Overview of key Open Archives Initiative (OAI) concepts.
- Development of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
- Non-technical introduction to main underlying technical ideas.
- Some considerations regarding implementation of OAI-PMH, with particular focus on
harvesting issues.
For those who would like an introduction to, or revision of, the main concepts
associated with OAI then this session will provide an ideal foundation for the rest
of the OAI4 workshop.

2. Audience:
Decision-makers, Managers, Technical staff with no previous OAI-PMH knowledge.
This is a tutorial for those who may not themselves do hands-on technical
implementation, but might make or advise on decisions whether or not to implement
particular solutions. They may have staff who are implementers, or may work with
them. Technical staff are likely to prefer the technical tutorials, but may want to
attend this one if they are at the very early stage of simply requiring background
information.

3. At the end of the tutorial participants will have gained knowledge
of:
- the background of the OAI as an initiative;
- how the OAI-PMH developed;
- the uses and functions of OAI-PMH;
- the vocabulary used in discussing OAI;
- problems and issues in harvesting metadata;
- some basic non-technical issues in implementing OAI-PMH;
- some of the technical support/tools available;
- sources of further information in all of these areas.

Keywords:	metadata harvesting, OAI-PMH, repositories, Open Archives Initiative
Subjects:	E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft. I. Information treatment for information services > IE. Data and metadata structures. I. Information treatment for information services > IF. Information transfer: protocols, formats, techniques. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JE. Record keeping.
ID Code:	5512
Deposited By:	Italian Staff, E-LIS
Deposited On:	30 January 2006
Alternative Locations:	http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?contribId=3&sessionId=12&materialId=slides&confId=0514
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