Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Initiative -> Documents
Essential Documents
Tutorials and Primers
- OAI for Beginners - the Open Archives Forum online tutorial
- NSDL Metadata Primer includes an introduction to metadata, an introduction to Dublin Core use, and several useful FAQs.
Papers and Publications
Translations
- Japanese translations of the protocol and guidelines documents and selected papers related to the OAI-PMH are maintained by the National Institute of Informatics, Japan.
- German translation of the FAQ provided by Kate Bondareva.
- Belarusian translation of the FAQ provided by Amanda Lynn.