Herbert Van de Sompel

Herbert Van de Sompel
Herbert Van de Sompel speaking at the Evolving Scholarly Record and Evolving Stewardship Ecosystem workshop in Amsterdam
Born (1957-03-20) March 20, 1957 (age 67)
Ghent, Belgium
NationalityBelgium-American
Occupation(s)librarian, computer scientist
Years active2000-present
Websitehvdsomp.info

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.