Experiences in using the OAI-PMH through the construction of the the OA-Hermes Metasearch engine
(2006) Experiences in using the OAI-PMH through the construction of the the OA-Hermes Metasearch engine.
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Abstract
OAI-PMH has emerged as a more efficient way of facilitating the dissemination of data content. Its success is shown when displaying important information sources that use this protocol, emphasizing: Scielo, ArXiv and PubMed, among others. Nevertheless, its evolution proves a certain degree of arrearage before the current tendencies and demands of the new technological needs, that is to say, the latest technical and methodological characteristics that allow a potential operation of information, are continuously required.
In order to make the new necessity clear on this recognized form of interoperability, the experience gained during the development of the metasearch engine OA-Hermes, which groups different sources of information in a single interface, will be presented. A decrease in time as an achieved factor has to do with the consultation of diverse sources of information, since from a single search, the results of different sources like institutional repositories, digital libraries, and data bases, among others, are semantically integrated.
The technical experience obtained in analyzing the OAI-PMH protocol, led us to reflect on different aspects that have to do with: work methodology, the marketing or fashion of its use, its facility of implantation, or on the information redundancy, just to mention a few.
| Keywords: | OAI-PMH, OA-Hermes, Meta search engine, exchange information protocols, HTTP, Z39.50. |
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| Subjects: | I. Information treatment for information services > IF. Information transfer: protocols, formats, techniques. I. Information treatment for information services > IG. Information presentation: hypertext, hypermedia. L. Information technology and library technology. > LC. Internet, including WWW. |
| ID Code: | 6383 |
| Deposited By: | García Cárdenas, Egar Arturo |
| Deposited On: | 31 May 2006 |
| All fields: | Show all fields |
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