@inproceedings{7a26bd8404f543b9b6841864b1685b37,
title = "Developing a technical registry of OAI data providers",
abstract = "With the continued growth of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) [1] it has become increasingly difficult for OAI service providers to discover new and keep up-to-date with existing data providers. There are currently several registries of OAI data providers. Most of these registries are incomplete. Most contain minimal information about registered providers - typically a base URL and little if anything else - providing service providers no clue as to repository scope, content, or size. These deficiencies mean significant extra overhead for service providers. This paper describes a more comprehensive registry of OAI data providers (available at http://oai.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry), developed to address some of these issues. While our registry as it presently exists facilitates discovery of data providers, utility is limited by lack of consistent practice for collection-level metadata. To realize the full potential of a better registry, the OAI community needs to develop better practices for collection-level description.",
author = "Habing, {Thomas G.} and Cole, {Timothy W.} and Mischo, {William H.}",
year = "2004",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-30230-8_36",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783540230137",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "400--410",
editor = "Rachel Heery and Liz Lyon",
booktitle = "Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries",
address = "Germany",
}