DRIVER Guidelines

DRIVER caters for the larger European digital library community through metadata and interoperability guidelines for exposing resources through repositories. The objective of these guidelines is to offer a best practice tool for the repository community, and to streamline repository developments accross Europe.

More specifically, the DRIVER Guidelines for Content Providers aim at:

• supporting repository managers to expose textual resources with OAI-PMH in an interoperable way;
  
• providing orientation for managers of new repositories to define their local data-management policies;
• directing managers of existing repositories to take steps towards improved services;
• supporting developers of repository platforms to add supportive functionalities in future versions.

Since the DRIVER guidelines are constantly updated, it is useful to check the page at regular times.