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Context. CIMI Museum community 30 museums, vendors, related organizations Research, testbeds, awareness, education, standards. Context. Standards for Interchange & access Z3950 Standards for structure SGML, XML Metadata standards DC for discovery Others for rich description.
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Context • CIMI • Museum community • 30 museums, vendors, related organizations • Research, testbeds, awareness, education, standards
Context • Standards for Interchange & access • Z3950 • Standards for structure • SGML, XML • Metadata standards • DC for discovery • Others for rich description
Interest in OAI • OAI as access enabling technology • Test Simple, low barrier assertion • Continue to evaluate DC • Get friendly with OAI 1.0 for museums • Can museums use it • Can we help
Collection provided • CIMI DC testbed • Museum objects and derivatives • 163,000 records • 10 museums
MuseumMetadata Model
Technical Infrastructure • Layered Approach • Standardized APIs • Interchangeable Components • Generic OAI-Compliant Repository • Generic HTTP Interface
Application Roadmap Apache Web Server Apache JServ CIMI OAI-HTTP Servlet CIMI OAI Repository API Reference Implementation Of API Using MySQL
Development Process • Designed Java API for OAMS-Compliant Repository • Designed Java Servlet to Interface Between HTTP/OAI Protocol Layers and Repository • Wrote Reference Implementation of OAMS-Compliant Repository using JDBC and MySQL
Issues With Implementation • Concurrency Control • Limited Query Capabilities • Limited Security Model
Future Directions • investigate community use of OAI • Interaction with other communities • OAI Repository in a box • Training via CIMI Institute • Build harvesting service