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The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) is a metadata standard for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata regarding objects within a digital library, expressed using the XML schema language of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The standard is maintained as part of the MARC standards of the Library of Congress, and is being developed as an initiative of the Digital Library Federation (DLF).
Overview
METS is an XML Schema designed for the purpose of:
Creating XML document instances that express the hierarchical structure of digital library objects.
Recording the names and locations of the files that comprise those objects.
Recording associated metadata. METS can, therefore, be used as a tool for modeling real world objects, such as particular document types.
Depending on its use, a METS document could be used in the role of Submission Information Package (SIP), Archival Information Package (AIP), or Dissemination Information Package (DIP) within the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model.[1]
Digital libraries vs traditional libraries
Maintaining a library of digital objects requires maintaining metadata about those objects. The metadata necessary for successful management and use of digital objects is both more extensive than and different from the metadata used for managing collections of printed works and other physical materials. METS is intended to promote the preservation of, and interoperability between digital libraries.[2]:1,20–21
Where a traditional library may record descriptive metadata regarding a book in its collection, the book will not dissolve into a series of unconnected pages if the library fails to record structural metadata regarding the book's organization, nor will scholars be unable to evaluate the book's worth if the library fails to note, for example, that the book was produced using a Ryobi offset press.
The same cannot be said for a digital library. Without structural metadata, the page image or text files comprising the digital work are of little use, and without technical metadata regarding the digitization process, scholars may be unsure of how accurate a reflection of the original the digital version provides.
However, in a digital library it is possible to create an eBook-like PDF file or TIFF file which can be seen as a single physical book and reflect the integrity of the original.
1 2 McDonough, Jerome (2006 年 4 月) 「METS: デジタルライブラリオブジェクトの標準化されたエンコーディング」(PDF) . International Journal on Digital Libraries . 6 (2): 148– 158. doi : 10.1007/s00799-005-0132-1 . hdl : 2142/177 . S2CID 2107048 . 2018 年7 月 17 日取得.Wayback Machineに2014年7月15日にアーカイブされました
↑ Pearce, J.; Pearson, D.; Williams, M.; Yeadon, S. (2008). "The Australian METS Profile – A journey about metadata" . D-Lib Magazine . 14 (3/4). doi : 10.1045/march2008-pearce . hdl : 1885/46635 . 2014年5月12日取得。
↑ワグナー、リンジー (2011)。「METS: 最近の文献と応用に関する調査」。Library Philosophy and Practice。ISSN 1522-0222。2011年。 2016年3月4日のオリジナルからアーカイブ。 2014年5月12日取得。