For immediate release June 14, 2002 Open Archives Initiative Releases Version 2.0 of the Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Ithaca, NY & Los Alamos NM-The Open Archives Initiative is pleased to release version 2.0 of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The release of OAI-PMH v.2.0 comes after 16 months of worldwide experimentation with version 1.x of the protocol, an 8 month revision process by the OAI-tech group, and 4 months of alpha/beta testing. Thanks to this rigid testing and revision, we feel confident to release the OAI-PMH version 2.0 as a stable specification. A full copy of this press release with information about the features of OAI-PMH version 2 is available at http://www.openarchives.org/news/oaiv2press020614.html. The OAI-PMH version 2 specification is available at http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol.htm. Visit the OAI web site at http://www.openarchives.org for more related information. Carl Lagoze and Herbert Van de Sompel OAI Executive _______________________________________________ OAI-implementers mailing list oai-implement...@oaisrv.nsdl.cornell.edu http://oaisrv.nsdl.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oai-implementers