•The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. The Open Archives Initiative has its roots in an effort to enhance access to e-print
archives as a means of
increasing the availability of scholarly communication. … The fundamental technological framework and standards that are developing to support this work are, however, independent of the both the type
of content offered and
the economic mechanisms surrounding that
content, and promise to have much broader relevance in opening
up access to a range of digital materials.
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•OAI Mission Statement