# Using OAI-PMH with Google Sitemaps > [!IMPORTANT] > It's been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore). September 20, 2005 If your site uses the [Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting](https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html) (OAI-PMH) 2.0 protocol, an application-independent interoperability framework based on metadata harvesting, you can use your OAI repository [as your Sitemap](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview). Simply submit the baseURL of your OAI repository (for instance, https://www.example.com/oaiserver). When we query the baseURL, we automatically add query parameters (such as `?verb=Identify` or `?verb=ListRecords`), so you can simply submit the `baseURL` itself. When we extract the URLs for your site, we expect the records in the repository to be formatted using Dublin Core, with the URLs embedded in `` tags. Below is a sample record that includes the `` tag in bold. The URL listed in that tag is what we extract. ``` A title of extraordinary things McCormack, Michael LCSH:Ausdehnungslehre; LCCN QA205.H99; Greatness:Amanda J. Wiley ∓ Sons Created: 1906; Available: 1991 text https://example.com/physics/1796949 english Public Domain ``` As with other Sitemaps, the URLs must be within the same site and at the same directory location or lower than the baseURL. For instance, if you submit `https://www.example.com/oaiserver` as the `baseURL`, the following URLs would be valid: ``` https://www.example.com/ https://www.example.com/samples.html https://www.example.com/images/ ``` However, if you submit `https://www.example.com/dataprovider/oaiserver`, then none of those URLs would be valid. Posted by [Vanessa Fox](https://www.vanessafox.com/)