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METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard

The digital library: a status report . Digitisation technology now well established and well-understood Standards for digitisation processes have settled down and are widely recognised Still a disparity in approaches to metadata - no MARC standard for digital library . Approaches to metadata - some examples from Oxford.

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METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard

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    1. METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard Richard Gartner Oxford University Library Services rg@bodley.ox.ac.uk

    2. The digital library: a status report

    3. Approaches to metadata - some examples from Oxford

    4. The lack of a standard: what it mean for the digital library poor cross-searching limited interchange facilities metadata tied to proprietary packages consequent obsolescence and costs of conversion

    5. What is needed?

    6. Three types of metadata (defined by DLF) Descriptive Administrative Structural

    7. METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard Produced by Library of Congress Standards Office and Digital Library Federation Provides framework for holding all types of metadata for digital object Written in XML Does not prescribe content of metadata, but recommends a number of schemes for this

    8. Why XML? An ISO standard, not dependent on any given application Interchangeability with other applications Handles structural metadata easily Easy to integrate cataloguing information with text transcription, images etc.

    9. Features of a METS file All metadata (descriptive, administrative and structural) encoded in single document Each type is held in a separate section, linked by identifiers All metadata and external data (eg. images, text, video) is either referenced from METS file or can be held internally

    10. The structure of a METS file

    12. The structure of a METS file

    14. The structure of a METS file

    16. The structure of a METS file

    18. Descriptive and administrative metadata

    19. The structure of a METS file

    21. The structure of a METS file

    23. IDs and METS

    24. What to put in a METS file?

    25. METS Profiles

    26. METS Profiles

    27. METS in action

    28. Conclusions

    29. Further information

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