OAIPMHlike
OAIPMHlike is an informal term used to describe metadata harvesting protocols and APIs that emulate the core ideas of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). It is not a formal standard, but a category name for systems designed to enable programmatic discovery and aggregation of metadata from digital repositories. OAIPMHlike services aim to enable interoperable data exchange while allowing implementation flexibility.
Typically, OAIPMHlike interfaces are HTTP-based and support machine-readable responses that enable harvesting clients to identify repositories,
Use cases include harvesting metadata from institutional repositories, digital libraries, and data archives to support discovery,
Differences from the official OAI-PMH standard can include variations in request syntax, response formats, and the