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LOC METS

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Metadata encoding and transmission standard; Library of congress METS

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The Library of Congress (LOC) Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) based format used for encoding metadata. The metadata is used to markup digital library objects in a repository or for exchange across repositories. METS is a Digital Library Federation initiative that is a successor to the Making of America II project (MOA2).

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The MOA2 project attempted to provide encoding formats for descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata for text and image-based documents. (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.v2.html) The Digital Library Federation (DLF) sponsored the project and the National Endowment for the Humanities funded it. MOA2 involved discussions led by the University of California, Berkeley with participants from New York Public Library and the libraries of Cornell, Penn State, and Stanford universities. The...

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  1. Gartner R. METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard. JISC Techwatch Report, 2002.

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  2. Guenther R. and McCallum S. New Metadata Standards for Digital Resources: MODS and METS. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003.

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  3. Cundiff M.V. An introduction to the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS). Library Hi Tech, 2004.

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  1. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Prasenjit Mitra

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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Mitra, P. (2009). LOC METS. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_878

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