print email comment close Open Archives Initiative URL: http://www.openarchives.org/ Description: The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol provides a framework for "metadata harvesting," a mechanism to help Web sites discover and share content. This site includes documents and software for implementing the OAI protocol, scholarly reports, news, and project history. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Computer network protocols Information storage and retrieval systems Metadata LII Database Information: Record 13366 created by Karen Schneider on 09/14/2003 Last modification on 09/16/2003 Published: 09/14/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13366