Dear all,
We are involved in a major digitisation project titled Exploring 20th Century London. This is an attempt to integrate the collections databases of four museums across London, and then make this aggregated data available to search on a website.
We have looked at different methods of sharing data - Z39.50, OAI etc and have decided to go with the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for metadata harvesting - http://www.openarchives.org/).
In order for the Museum of London to contribute records to the project, we need to export data out of Multi MIMSY, using an agreed schema. At the moment we intend to use an extension of the DC.Culture schema.
We also need to be able to export records from AdLib, MUSIMS and CALM.
Does anyone have any experience working with OAI or other XML-based exports from collections databases?
Best regards,
Mia
Mia Ridge
Database Developer, Museum Systems Team
Museum of London Group
Mortimer Wheeler House
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London. N1 7ED
Tel: 020 7410 2205
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