Herbert Van de Sompel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Herbert Van de Sompel

Belgian librarian and information scientist

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1957

Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium

Profession: computer scientist, librarian

Nationality: United States, Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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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.