From sb at UNAGI.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 27 21:21:27 2001 From: sb at UNAGI.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Steven Bird) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:21:27 EDT Subject: Tutorial on OAI metadata harvesting protocol Message-ID: A nice tutorial on the metadata harvesting protocol has just been published. Gary and I think that it is useful background for any would-be implementers of an OLAC data provider. Exposing and Harvesting Metadata Using the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol: A Tutorial Simeon Warner High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine http://library.cern.ch/HEPLW/4/papers/3/ Abstract: In this article I outline the ideas behind the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol (OAIMH), and attempt to clarify some common misconceptions. I then consider how the OAIMH protocol can be used to expose and harvest metadata. Perl code examples are given as practical illustration. -Steven ________ Steven Bird, University of Pennsylvania (sb at ldc.upenn.edu) Gary Simons, SIL International (gary_simons at sil.org) OLAC Coordinators (www.language-archives.org) From sb at UNAGI.CIS.UPENN.EDU Wed Jun 27 21:21:27 2001 From: sb at UNAGI.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Steven Bird) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:21:27 EDT Subject: Tutorial on OAI metadata harvesting protocol Message-ID: A nice tutorial on the metadata harvesting protocol has just been published. Gary and I think that it is useful background for any would-be implementers of an OLAC data provider. Exposing and Harvesting Metadata Using the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol: A Tutorial Simeon Warner High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine http://library.cern.ch/HEPLW/4/papers/3/ Abstract: In this article I outline the ideas behind the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol (OAIMH), and attempt to clarify some common misconceptions. I then consider how the OAIMH protocol can be used to expose and harvest metadata. Perl code examples are given as practical illustration. -Steven ________ Steven Bird, University of Pennsylvania (sb at ldc.upenn.edu) Gary Simons, SIL International (gary_simons at sil.org) OLAC Coordinators (www.language-archives.org)