OAI Overview: Quick Quiz Questions

This is the self-assessment quiz for the Overview section of Open Archives Forum online tutorial OAI for Beginners. Answer and 'Mark' each question separately, then check your total marks for the questions you tried. Feedback is provided for each marked answer. The marks are provided only to you, they are not stored when you leave the quiz page. Once you have marked a question, you can get a further Explanation of the answers.

Q1. What is the OAI?

(Select one answer)

(a) The OAI is an initiative to provide open access to the output of scientific and other scholarly research.
(b) The OAI is an initiative supporting archives for the preservation of and access to digital resources.
(c) The OAI is an initiative to develop and promote interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.

       



Q2. What is the OAI-PMH?

(Select one answer)

(a) The OAI-PMH is a protocol for sharing metadata.
(b) The OAI-PMH is a low-barrier protocol for searching across repositories and retrieving resources from them.

       



Q3. What is the primary source of technical information about the OAI and OAI-PMH?

(Select one answer)

(a) The Web site of the Open Archives Forum (http://www.oaforum.org/)
(b) The Web site of the BOAI (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/)
(c) The Web site of the Open Archives Initiative (http://www.openarchives.org/)

       



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