<METS> METADATA ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION STANDARD: PRIMER AND REFERENCE MANUAL Version 1.6 Revised 2010 To the extent possible under law, Digital Library Federation has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to METS Primer. This work is published from: United States. - 1 - Table of Contents FOREWORD ................................................................... 10 How to use this publication .................................................... 10 Before there is a METS document......................................... 11 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .. 15 What is METS?....................................................................... 15 What problem is METS trying to solve? .............................. 15 How is METS maintained? .................................................... 16 What is METS built upon? .................................................... 16 Who is the METS community?.............................................. 16 How can I find out more about METS? ................................ 17 CHAPTER 2: AUTHORING A METS DOCUMENT ........ 18 Structural Map and File Section ............................................ 18 Descriptive Metadata Section ................................................ 21 Administrative Metadata Section .......................................... 22 Technical Metadata ................................................................ 22 - 2 - Conclusion ............................................................................... 24 CHAPTER 3: FROM THE SCHEMA PERSPECTIVE .... 25 <mets> METS root element .................................................. 26 Attributes of the METS root element .................................... 26 Elements contained in the root element ................................ 27 METS root element example ................................................ 27 <metsHdr> METS Header .................................................... 29 Attributes of the METS header ............................................. 29 Elements contained in the METS header .............................. 29 Agent ................................................................................ 30 Agent – attributes .............................................................. 30 Agent – elements .............................................................. 30 Agent – example ............................................................... 30 Alternative identifiers ....................................................... 31 Alternative identifiers – attributes .................................... 31 Alternative identifiers – examples .................................... 31 METS header example ......................................................... 31 <dmdSec> Descriptive metadata ........................................... 33 Attributes of the descriptive metadata section ...................... 33 Descriptive metadata elements ............................................. 34 Metadata reference ........................................................... 34 Metadata reference – attributes ......................................... 34 - 3 - Metadata reference– example ........................................... 35 Metadata wrapper ............................................................. 35 Internal descriptive metadata – attributes ......................... 36 Internal descriptive metadata – elements .......................... 36 Internal descriptive metadata – example ........................... 37 <amdSec> Administrative metadata ..................................... 39 Attributes of the administrative metadata section ................. 40 Elements contained in the administrative metadata section .. 40 Attributes shared by the administrative metadata elements .......................................................................................... 40 Technical metadata ........................................................... 41 Technical metadata – example .......................................... 41 Intellectual property rights metadata................................. 41 Intellectual property rights metadata – example ............... 42 Source metadata ................................................................ 42 Source metadata – example .............................................. 42 Digital provenance metadata ............................................ 43 Digital provenance metadata – example 1: ....................... 44 Digital provenance metadata – example 2 ........................ 45 Complete administrative metadata – example ...................... 45 <file> File section .................................................................... 46 Attributes of the file section ................................................. 47 Elements Contained in the File Section ................................ 47 - 4 - File group ......................................................................... 47 File group – attributes ....................................................... 47 File group – example ........................................................ 48 File (element) .................................................................... 48 File (element) – Attributes ................................................ 48 File (element) – example .................................................. 49 File location ...................................................................... 49 File location – attributes ................................................... 50 File Location – example ................................................... 50 File content ....................................................................... 51 File content – attributes .................................................... 51 File content – example ...................................................... 52 Component byte stream .................................................... 52 Component byte stream – attributes ................................. 52 Component byte stream – example ................................... 52 Transform file ................................................................... 53 Transform file – attributes ................................................ 53 Transform file – example .................................................. 54 Complete file section – examples ......................................... 54 Complete file section – example 1 .................................... 54 Complete file section – example 2 .................................... 55 <structMap> Structural map section .................................... 57 Attributes of the structural map section ................................ 58 - 5 - Elements contained in the structural map section ................. 58 Division ............................................................................ 58 Division – attributes .......................................................... 59 Division – example ........................................................... 60 File pointer........................................................................ 61 File pointer – attributes: .................................................... 61 File pointer – example ...................................................... 61 METS pointer ................................................................... 63 METS pointer – attributes ................................................ 63 Mets pointer – example .................................................... 64 Area .................................................................................. 65 Area – attributes................................................................ 65 Area – example ................................................................. 67 Sequence of files ............................................................... 69 Sequence of files – attribute .............................................. 69 Sequence of files – example ............................................. 69 Parallel files ...................................................................... 71 Parallel files – attributes ................................................... 71 Parallel files – example 1 .................................................. 71 Parallel Files – example 2 ................................................. 74 <structLink> Structural link Section .................................... 76 Structural link - attribute ....................................................... 76 Elements contained in the structural link section .................. 76 - 6 - Structural map link ........................................................... 76 Structural map link – attributes ......................................... 76 Structural links section – examples ....................................... 77 Structral links section – example 1 ................................... 77 Structural links section – example 2 ................................. 77 <behaviorSec> Behavior section ............................................ 81 Attributes of the behavior section ......................................... 81 Elements contained in the behavior section .......................... 82 Behavior (element) ........................................................... 82 Behavior (element) – attributes ......................................... 82 Behavior (element) – example .......................................... 82 Interface definition ........................................................... 82 Interface definition