Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Networked Information

Metadata Harvesting and the Open Archives Initiative

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Title:Metadata Harvesting and the Open Archives Initiative (ID: CSD1608)
Author(s):Clifford A. Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information)
Source:ARL Bimonthly Report #217
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2001)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:This article describes the Open Archives Metadata Harvesting Protocol, an important new infrastructure component for supporting distributed networked information services. The Metadata Harvesting Protocol—a mechanism that enables data providers to expose their metadata—is seeing very rapid deployment, and enables a fascinating array of new services and system architectures for a diverse set of communities.
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White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in Cross-Organizational Use of Networked Information Resources

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Title:White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in Cross-Organizational Use of Networked Information Resources (ID: CSD1340)
Author(s):Clifford A. Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (1998)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:This white paper, drafted by Clifford Lynch, CNI Executive Director, addresses authentication and access management issues in a networked environment; it defines the cross-organizational management problems and discusses evaluation and analysis criteria and approaches to access management. An appendix provides notes on state-of-the-art available software.
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