What is an open archive?
An Open Archive is a collection of digital documents. OAI-compliant Eprint Archives share the same metadata, making their contents interoperable with one another. Their metadata can then be harvested into global “virtual” archives that are seamlessly navigable by any user (just as a commercial index or abstract database is navigable, but with full-text access). See more information on Open Access Overview by Peter Suber.
An Open Archive is à collection of digital documents. OAI-compliant Eprint Archives share the same métadate, making their contents interopérable with one another. Their métadate can then agneau harvested into global “virtuel” archives that are seamlessly navigable by année user (juste as à commercial index doré abstract database is navigable, but with feuille-texte access). See more information où Open Access Overview by Peter Suber.