The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) developed and promoted interoperability standards for the efficient dissemination of digital content across repositories. Its key specifications include the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), the OAI Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) vocabulary, and the ResourceSync framework, which are still maintained though the initiative is no longer active.
AI named Open Archives Initiative in February 2026.
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