Oliver Flimm writes
> The final result of such efforts should be an 'improved OAIster':
>
> 1) Havesting of as much repositories as possible giving each data set a
> unique and stable id.
> 2) Providing a modern search interface for the end user
> 3) Providing a standards-complient retrieval interface to be
> accessible by federated search engines
> 4) Providing a way to sync or download all of its data (eg. a dump for
> inclusion in local search engines)
Somebody trying to do just 1) with 4) would be a start. Activities
2) and 3) can be decentralized, since they are based on 1) and 4).
As I noted, I haev to do something like 1) for AuthorClaim. Oliver
and I have already touched base with BASE, to see what they can
share.
Cheers,
Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel
RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel
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Received on Mon Sep 21 2009 - 17:20:26 EDT