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.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure. Example programs included (download source).
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