OAI-PMH: A Tool for Metadata Harvesting and Federated Search

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2007-12-07

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INFLIBNET Centre

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This paper focuses on the importance of OAI-PMH in the aspect of accessibility to the digital repositories. The basic structure of OAI-PMH and its functional elements are given along with some existing metadata harvester services of India. The paper discusses about the PKP Harvester software and its users. Concludes that OAI-PMH is an effective solution of the problem of lack of interoperability.

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Digital repositories, federated search, interoperability, OAI-PMH, Metadata Harvesting

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