OAI-PMH

E173573

interoperability protocol metadata harvesting protocol

OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) is a low-barrier protocol used to collect and share metadata from repositories to enable interoperable discovery of scholarly and other digital resources.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
OAI-PMH canonical	6
OAI-PMH 2.0	1
OAI-PMH repository of Mathematics of Computation	1
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1530488 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: OAI-PMH
Context triple: [Directory of Open Access Journals, supportsStandard, OAI-PMH]

A. Library of Congress Linked Data Service
The Library of Congress Linked Data Service is an online platform that publishes the Library of Congress’s controlled vocabularies and authority data in machine-readable linked data formats for use in cataloging and semantic web applications.
B. Dublin Core
Dublin Core is a widely used standard for describing digital resources through a simple, generic set of metadata elements to support discovery and interoperability across systems.
C. Z39.50
Z39.50 is a client-server protocol used primarily by libraries and information services to search and retrieve bibliographic and related data from remote databases in a standardized way.
D. MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
E. MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: OAI-PMH
Target entity description: OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) is a low-barrier protocol used to collect and share metadata from repositories to enable interoperable discovery of scholarly and other digital resources.

A. Library of Congress Linked Data Service
The Library of Congress Linked Data Service is an online platform that publishes the Library of Congress’s controlled vocabularies and authority data in machine-readable linked data formats for use in cataloging and semantic web applications.
B. Dublin Core
Dublin Core is a widely used standard for describing digital resources through a simple, generic set of metadata elements to support discovery and interoperability across systems.
C. Z39.50
Z39.50 is a client-server protocol used primarily by libraries and information services to search and retrieve bibliographic and related data from remote databases in a standardized way.
D. MARC
MARC is a commuter rail service in Maryland that connects Washington, D.C. with Baltimore and other regional destinations.
E. MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	interoperability protocol ⓘ metadata harvesting protocol ⓘ
abbreviation	OAI-PMH self-link ⓘ
appliesTo	digital libraries ⓘ digital repositories ⓘ institutional repositories ⓘ scholarly communication systems ⓘ
currentStableVersion	2.0 ⓘ
developedBy	Open Archives Initiative ⓘ
domain	digital libraries ⓘ open access repositories ⓘ scholarly publishing ⓘ
enables	centralized search over distributed repositories ⓘ metadata-based discovery of resources ⓘ
fullName	OAI-PMH self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
hasCharacteristic	based on HTTP ⓘ low-barrier protocol ⓘ request-response protocol ⓘ uses XML ⓘ
hasOperation	GetRecord ⓘ Identify ⓘ ListIdentifiers ⓘ ListMetadataFormats ⓘ ListRecords ⓘ ListSets ⓘ
hasPurpose	interoperable discovery of digital resources ⓘ metadata harvesting ⓘ sharing metadata between repositories and service providers ⓘ
hasRole	enables metadata aggregation ⓘ separates data providers from service providers ⓘ
hasVersion	1.0 ⓘ 1.1 ⓘ 2.0 ⓘ
isUsedBy	academic search services ⓘ digital library platforms ⓘ institutional repositories software ⓘ
relatedStandard	Dublin Core ⓘ surface form: Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
releaseContext	open access movement ⓘ
releasedBy	Open Archives Initiative ⓘ
supportsConcept	harvesting ⓘ incremental harvesting ⓘ selective harvesting ⓘ sets for grouping records ⓘ
supportsMetadataFormat	community-specific XML metadata formats ⓘ oai_dc ⓘ
supportsModel	data provider ⓘ service provider ⓘ
usesDataFormat	XML ⓘ
usesMetadataFormat	Dublin Core ⓘ
usesTransportProtocol	HTTP ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Directory of Open Access Journals → supportsStandard → OAI-PMH ⓘ

OCLC → supportsStandard → OAI-PMH ⓘ

MODS → compatibleWith → OAI-PMH ⓘ

Dublin Core → compatibleWith → OAI-PMH ⓘ

OAI-PMH → fullName → OAI-PMH self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

OAI-PMH → abbreviation → OAI-PMH self-link ⓘ

mcom → protocol → OAI-PMH ⓘ

mcom → identifies → OAI-PMH ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAI-PMH repository of Mathematics of Computation

mcom → relatedProtocolVersion → OAI-PMH ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAI-PMH 2.0

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (50)

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Referenced by (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited