METS

Date added 19 February 2007
Last edited 12 November 2009

Full Title

Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard

Description

The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) is an XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) schema for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata needed to manage and exchange digital library objects. It is able to describe the complex links between objects and their metadata while associating behaviours or services to a digital object.

A METS document can be structured to be compliant with the Submission Information Package (SIP), Archival Information Package (AIP), or Dissemination Information Package (DIP) requirements of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model.

Standards Developing Organisations

Network Development and MARC Standards Office

Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress

DLF

Digital Library Federation

Rights

No information available.

Lifecycle Actions

Access, Use and Reuse

Create or Receive

Curate and Preserve

Ingest

Store

Standard Frameworks

Digital Archive Standards

Digital Repository Standards

Standard Type

Metadata Packaging Standards

Current Version

April 2009 - METS, version 1.8 [external]

Schema documentation for METS, version 1.8

Further Information

Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard Official Web Site [external]

METS Primer [external PDF]

Wikipedia entry for METS [external]

Alternative Current Versions

None.

Previous Versions

Referenced Standards