[OAI-implementers] set description

[Xiaoming Liu]

With one small program to survey data providers in OAI website and UIUC
registry, I am able to generate following baseURLs with set description.

http://129.252.51.52/OAI/WebOAI.aspx
http://alcme.oclc.org/ndltd/servlet/OAIHandler
http://csc000.cscaustria.at/oai/OAI.ASP
http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/oai/
http://cgi.vtt.fi/progs/inf/OAI
http://dataprovider.ibict.br/mypoai/oai2.php
http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry/px/oai.asp
http://hbllmedia.lib.byu.edu/test/PhpOai2/oai/oai2.php
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0
http://oai.lib.duke.edu:8081/smc/servlet/OAIHandler
http://oai.lib.msu.edu/oai/oai.cfm
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/OAI-PMH-server
http://ibiblio.org/oaibiblio/data/software/app/oai2.php
http://infsearch.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/oai.pl
http://pkp.ubc.ca/harvester/oai/
http://rea.uninet.edu/ojs/oai/
http://publications.uu.se/portal/OAI
http://services.nsdl.org:8080/nsdloai/OAI
http://oai.ub.rub.de/oai/oai2.php
http://wo.uio.no/as/WebObjects/theses.woa/wa/oai
http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/ocs/oai/
http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/oai/OAI2.0
http://www.cis.unisa.edu.au/aiwsc03/ocs/ocs/oai/
http://www.entomotropica.org/ojs/oai/
http://www.husseinsspace.com/cgi-bin/VTOAI/hspics/hspics/oai.pl
http://www.math.washington.edu/~ejpecp/oai/
http://www.math.washington.edu/~ejpecp/ECP/oai/
http://www.pkp.ubc.ca/harvester/oai/
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/oai/oai.cgi

regards,
Xiaoming


On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Kat Hagedorn wrote:

> Any further description of sets is useful for service providers. The
> set name, being short, can't always completely describe the contents of
> the set. More description helps us decide whether we want to harvest a
> particular set.
>
> - Kat
>
> On Monday, Mar 8, 2004, at 13:42 America/Detroit, Caroline Arms wrote:
>
> >
> > The Library of Congress is providing set descriptions, see
> >   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/oai2_0?verb=ListSets
> >
> > The descriptions use the oai_dc schema.  They are essentially
> > collection-level records for the underlying collection of content
> > EXCEPT
> > that I use "Records for " at the beginning of the title.  When I
> > wanted to
> > do this, I could not find another pattern; you should not look at the
> > practice you infer from them as authoritative in any way.
> >
> > I would be interested in knowing who (if anyone) is finding them
> > useful.
> >
> >    Caroline Arms                                    caar@loc.gov
> >    Office of Strategic Initiatives
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Jody DeRidder wrote:
> >
> >> Is anyone out there using set descriptions (optional tag in header)?
> >>    If so, would you please send us a link to your repository/service
> >> provider so we could see it applied?
> >>
> >>    We'd be grateful...
> >>
> >>   --jody (for Anthony Smith)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>   Jody DeRidder
> >>   IT Administrator II
> >>   Digital Library Center
> >>   648A John C. Hodges Library
> >>   University of Tennessee
> >>   Knoxville, TN 37996
> >>
> >>   Phone: (865) 974-4796
> >>   Email: deridder@aztec.lib.utk.edu
> >>
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