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
Nationality	Belgium-American
Occupation(s)	librarian, computer scientist
Years active	2000-present
Website	hvdsomp.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.