# /research/announcements/2003-08-06.xml

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        Researchers, RAC member publish on innovative uses of OAI-PMH concepts beyond resource discovery with Dublin Core
        In "Using the OAI-PMH ... Differently" (D-Lib Magazine July/August), Research Advisory Committee member Herbert Van de Sompel and OCLC researchers Jeff Young and Thom Hickey describe innovative applications of the Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
        hickey@oclc.org

        http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/
        http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/oclc_research_news.rdf
        August 6, 2003

        Recent projects that have interpreted <ACRONYM title="Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting">OAI-PMH</ACRONYM> concepts such as resource and metadata format in novel ways illustrate the usefulness of the <ACRONYM title="Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting">OAI-PMH</ACRONYM> beyond the typical resource discovery using Dublin Core metadata.
        <A href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july03/young/07young.html">http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july03/young/07young.html</A>

        Thom Hickey
        +1-614-764-6075

        Bob Bolander
        bolander@oclc.org
        +1-614-761-5207

        Chief Scientist
        OCLC Research
        Communications &amp; Programs Manager
        OCLC Research