OAI’s history
nInception in
e-prints community
nSanta Fe
Convention: result of 1999 OAI meeting
nBecame the
OAI-PMH
nDesigned as a
protocol that “develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content” *
nEssentially, harvesting metadata
* http://www.openarchives.org/organization/index.html