A post-print is the version of the scientific paper that has received full peer review but has not yet been put in the final published layout. In terms of content, post-prints are the article as publi [..]

An ‘aggregator’ is a website or computer software that collects the metadata from several data providers and makes them accessible in an OAI repository

In the Open Access context, ‘(self) archiving’ is the collection of scientific and technical information in a digital repository. Preferably, the archived information is available in Open Access. Also [..]

Many – if not all – scientific publications are based on previous work. The publications that have been used to write a paper are generally compiled in a reference list at the end of the publication. [..]

In the context of interoperability of different databases, the ‘data provider’ links to one or several OAI repositories and distributes them to a service provider

a document deposit is the act of publishing a text online in a repository. Also known as: (self)archiving