[OAI-implementers] on the OAI-PMH data model

[herbert van de sompel]

Fabio Simeoni wrote:
>>  I think the idea with this distinction is that there may be multiple 
> items that disseminate different assertions (but in the same 
> metadataFormat) about the same resource.   
>>   Example: Bob's item about the resource http://w3.org/ says 
>>  the dc:title is "The W3C", and Cindy's items says the dc:title is "The 
> homepage of the W3C".
>  
> that makes sense, of course. thanks. is there anyone 'using' the 
> distinction in that sense? since we're at it, how common is it for 
> datestamps to be actually attached to records, as per specs?  iow, who's 
> keeping persistent records in different formats and allow the latter to 
> change independently from items and each other? Aggregators? What class 
> of changes are record- but not item-dependent, btw?
>  

annotations

herbert


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