UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING METS - A tutorial

Abstract

This half day tutorial will provide participants with an introduction to the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and the METS Primer. It will give a basic overview of the standard and explore different models of implementation. The METS schema is a standard for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata regarding objects within a digital library as well as digital archives, expressed using the XML schema language of the World Wide Web Consortium. It is maintained by the METS Board and the METS Maintenance Activity is managed by the Library of Congress

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Creators
Karin Bredenberg; Juha Lehtonen; Tobias Steinke
Institutions
Kommunalförbundet Sydarkivera; CSC – IT Center for Science; Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Keywords
"metadata and information strategies and workflows; infrastructure and systems; tools; case studies; best practices and novel challenges; training and education"
Publication Type
paper
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CC BY 4.0 International
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