Herbert Van de Sompel
Herbert Van de Sompel | |
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Herbert Van de Sompel speaking at the Evolving Scholarly Record and Evolving Stewardship Ecosystem workshop in Amsterdam | |
| Born | March 20, 1957 |
| Nationality | Belgium-American |
| Occupation(s) | librarian, computer scientist |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Website | hvdsomp |
Herbert Van de Sompel is a Belgian librarian, computer scientist, and musician, most known for his role in the development of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) and standards such as OpenURL, Object Reuse and Exchange, and the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.