<$BlogRSDUrl$> Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
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Sunday, June 06, 2004  

METS Meetings Build Support
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA415392

Last month about 100 librarians gathered for the second METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard) meeting to discuss strategies for implementing the emerging standard. METS provides a way to assemble all the relevant files and metadata associated with a digital object, including rights information and information about how the item was digitized. Once consolidated into a package, the digital object can then be shared with other libraries. The METS standard can be used for text material of course, but also for images, audio and video files and even non-digitized objects such as print books. Discussions at the April meeting focused on several unresolved issues surrounding the standard. One is whether the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' "Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records" would have an impact on the METS standard. The group also discussed whether MPEG-21, an emerging standard that includes a Digital Item Declaration Language, would be better suited to libraries' needs. Whether METS becomes the common standard among libraries or MPEG-21, it was agreed that libraries need a way to capture all the files and metadata associated with the objects in their collections in a format that can be easily shared. Another METS meeting is slated for July 12, to be held at the British Library. For more information on that meeting, click here.

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