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December 08, 2004

More about METS

Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard

http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/

Different sections for different types of metadata:

- fileSec

All the files associated with the digital object

- dmdSec

-- Descriptive metadata goes here (can embed DC, MARCXML etc.)

- admSec

-- Administrative metadata

- behaviorSec

- structMap

-- Equivalent of IEEE CP manifest? Lists associated files

Oxford are using MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)

Tags: METS

Posted by pj at December 8, 2004 02:39 PM