What does OAI-PMH stand for?

What does OAI-PMH stand for?

The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability.

How does OAI-PMH work?

OAI-PMH is based on a client–server architecture, in which “harvesters” request information on updated records from “repositories”. Requests for data can be based on a datestamp range, and can be restricted to named sets defined by the provider.

What does the term OAI compliant imply?

OAI standards allow a common way to provide content, and part of those standards is that the content has metadata that describes the items in Dublin Core format. Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) defines standards for the description and exchange of aggregations of web resources.

Is OAI-PMH an API?

The Rijksmuseum offers an API featuring the OAI-PMH protocol (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). The OAI-PMH standard is widely used in the cultural heritage sector to support harvesting metadata of collections.

What is OAI data?

The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability. Data Providers are repositories that expose structured metadata via OAI-PMH. Service Providers then make OAI-PMH service requests to harvest that metadata.

How do you harvest OAI-PMH?

Select the type of data you will harvest from the dropdown menu.

  1. To harvest the entire repository, select Go.
  2. To harvest single sets within a repository, select the type of data you are harvesting from an individual set, mets or oai-dc (if the choice exists) and select the Go link associated with that set.

Is OAI-PMH search engine?

Arc is a federated search service based on OAI-PMH. It includes a harvester, a search engine together with a simple search interface, and an OAI-PMH layer over harvested metadata. Archimede fully supports OAI-PMH requests version 2.0.

What is OAI indexing?

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability. Data Providers are repositories that expose structured metadata via OAI-PMH. Service Providers then make OAI-PMH service requests to harvest that metadata.

How do I download OAI dataset?

OAI data can be downloaded from the NDA website (https://nda.nih.gov/oai/). Images, background and clinical variables, and visual scores for osteoarthritic changes on radiographs are available on the aforementioned website. You can for example download OAICompleteData in ASCII format from the OAI website.

What is OAI harvester?

The OAI-PMH Harvester plugin imports records from OAI-PMH data providers. Some online repositories expose their metadata through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). This plugin makes it possible to harvest that metadata, mapping it to the Omeka data model.

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