Brief History of the OAI
•Motivation: expand impact of ePrint archives through federation
•1999: Santa Fe Meeting and convention
•2000: OAI-PMH formation
–Scope broadens
–OAI steering committee
•2001 OAI-PMH v. 1.0 “experimental” protocol
•2002 OAI-PMH v. 2.0 “stable” protocol