Developing a technical registry of OAI data providers

Thomas G. Habing, Timothy W. Cole, William H. Mischo

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationResearch and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Subtitle of host publication8th European Conference, ECDL 2004, Bath, UK, September 12-17, 2004, Proceedings
EditorsRachel Heery, Liz Lyon
PublisherSpringer
Pages400-410
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9783540302308
ISBN (Print)9783540230137
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume3232
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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