[PADG:1399] METS Schema Available (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 12:26:34 -0500
From: Jerome McDonough <jerome.mcdonough@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: METS Schema Available

Of possible interest to diglib participants:

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METS Beta Schema Released

"A Beta version of the Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS) XML
schema is now available from the official METS web site:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/

METS provides an XML-based framework for encoding descriptive, administrative,
and structural metadata for a digital library object. It can be used both
as a standardized
mechanism for exchanging digital library objects between repositories, and
as an encoding
mechanism for local storage, retrieval and display of digital library
objects. METS has been
developed as an initiatve of the Digital Library Federation
(http://www.clir.org/diblib/) and is
being maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of
the Library of
Congress (http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/ndmso.html).

This is a Beta release of the METS schema. Input from the library community
regarding the
design of the METS schema is encouraged. Comments regarding METS' design
should be
submitted to the METS listserv; details about subscribing to the listserv
are available at the METS
web site. A meeting of the METS initiative design group to discuss
revisions to the XML schema
based on input from the community has been tentatively scheduled for
September, 2001. Comments
regarding the METS schema should be posted to the listserv prior to the end
of August so that they
can be reviewed by the design group prior to that meeting."
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I've done the initial work on the METS schema, based on input from
participants in the
original Making of America II project and others who used the MOA2 DTD
(METS predecessor).
I would encourage everyone who's interested to have a look at the beta
version of the schema,
try it out, and send comments off to the METS listserv.  If you have
questions about the schema,
I guess I'm the best person to contact at this point.


Jerome McDonough
jerome.mcdonough@xxxxxxx
Digital Library Development Team Leader
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-2425


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