OAI-PMH

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Entry
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
Area
Metadata Harvesting Standards
Standard
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The OAI-PMH specification standard defines a protocol by which one service (harvester) can gather or "harvest" metadata records from a second service (repository). Requests are sent in the form of HTTP GET or POST requests, and responses are returned as XML documents.
Standardisation
OAI-PMH is a specification of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI).
Versions
The current version of OAI-PMH is version 2.0. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 were experimental versions.
Maturity

Version 2 of the protocol has been stable since release and any future version should be backwards compatible.

Risk Assessment
Take-up Elsewhere
OAI-PMH has played a significant role in JISC development programmes, such as the FAIR programme and the repositories and preservation strand of the JISC Capital Programme
Further Information
Author
Pete Johnston
Contributors

Monica Duke (responsible for entry from September 2006)

Date Created
04 Oct 2005
Version

v3 (checked by Monica Duke 27th March 2008)
v2 (updated by Monica Duke 27th October 2006)
v1 (created by Pete Johnston)

A standards entry for OAI-PMH is also available in the eReSS Wiki

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