1. METS: Implementing a metadata standard in the digital library Richard Gartner Oxford University Library Services rg@bodley.ox.ac.uk

2. The lack of a standard: what it mean for the digital library poor cross-seaching limited interchange facilities metadata tied to proprietary packages consequent obsolescence and costs of conversion

3. Three types of metadata Descriptive: information about intellectual content (analogous to standard catalogue record) Administrative: information for handling, maintenance and archiving of object Structural: description of internal structure of object

4. METS: “Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard” Produced by Library of Congress Standards Office and Digital Library Federation Provides framework for holding all types of metadata for digital object Written in XML Does not prescribe content of metadata, but recommends a number of schemes for this

5. The structure of a METS file METS dmdSec admSec behaviorSec structMap div fptr fileSec div structMap

7. The structure of a METS file METS dmdSec admSec behaviorSec structMap fileSec fileGrp file

9. The structure of a METS file METS dmdSec admSec behaviorSec structMap fileSec admSec dmdSec mdWrap Any XML metadata

10. Ðtudes sur les glaciers atlas Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 Glaciers Plates accompanying a study of glaciers by 19th century glaciologist Louis Agassiz Dessinés d'après nature et lithographiés par Jph. Bettannier 1840. Neuch‚tel, Lithographie de H. Nicolet Neuch‚tel (Switzerland): Jent et Gassmann Bettannier, Joseph 1840 Image.Graphic.Map 480 x 320 18 plates: ill. OUM:E. 52 fre Alps ODL:munahi010- aaa

11. The structure of a METS file METS dmdSec admSec behaviorSec structMap fileSec admSec dmdSec mdRef Reference to external file containing metadata

13. Ids and METS munahi010 Project ID munahi010-aaa ID for first object within project munahi010-aaa.div.1 Divisions within strutural map munahi010-aaa-amd-0001Administrative metadata section munahi010-aaa-fgrp-0001File group

14. Inputting the metadata