MyLibrary and OAI-ORE
Hmm… Maybe something could be hacked to MyLibrary and OAI-ORE work closely together.
Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) posits a thing called a Resource Map (ReM). These ReMs are used to bundle together sets of Internet resources. Once created these bundles are expected to be discoverable through ATOM, RSS, RDF, and/or microformats embedded in things like HTML files. Once discovered the ReMs can be harvested and used to create value-added services. For example, an ReM could be created for an issue of a journal article. Create the ReM. Make it accessible. Download it. Parse it. Harvest the actual data (not just the metdata). Index it. Repeat for other ReMs. Other ReMs might be bundles for TEI files and associated images. A person could bundle up a whole library website or special collection exhibit.
ReMs look a whole lot like ATOM feeds. As alluded to previously, reports written against a MyLibrary database could be in the form of ATOM feeds. This leads me to believe MyLibrary content could (easily) support OAI-ORE. Implement MyLibrary. Fill it up with content either manually or automatically. Make its content available in any number of Web Services: RSS, ATOM, REST, and now OAI-ORE.
Food for thought.
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