The METS schema is a 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. The standard is maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress, and is being developed as an initiative of the Digital Library Federation.

METS Editorial Board

• METS Editorial Board Members

METS Schema, & Documentation

• METS Overview & Tutorial
• METS Overview & Tutorial (Portuguese translation)
• METS Schema 1.1
• METS Schema 1.2
• METS Version 1.2 Documentation [Created with XML Console software]
• METS Schema 1.3 (Current Version)
• METS Schema 1.3 Documentation [Provided by Brian Tingle, Califirnia Digital Library]
• METS Schema 1.3 Mets Structure Diagram [Provided by Rick Beaubien, UC Berkeley]
• Xlink Schema

METS Presentations

• Presentations List
• METS Opening Day (October 2003) Presentations
• METS Opening Day West (April 2004) Presentations
• METS Opening Day United Kingdom (July 2004) Presentations

METS Profiles

• METS Profile Schema (Version 1.1)
• METS Profile Documentation
• METS Profile Example Document

METS Implementation Registry

• METS Implementation Registry
  The METS implementation registry contains descriptions of METS projects planned, in progress, and fully implemented. To have your projects added to the list, please submit the requisite information directly to the METS list mailto:METS@loc.gov or to mailto:rbeaubie@library.berkeley.edu

METS Example Documents

• Example METS XML Document [courtesy of Rick Beaubien, U.C. Berkeley Library Systems Office]
• Example METS XML Document Set for a serial publication [courtesy of MacKenzie Smith, Harvard University Library Office for Information Systems]
  • citation129277.xml
  • intermediate129276.xml
  • leaf129123.xml
  • leaf129126.xml
  • leaf129131.xml
  • leaf129148.xml
  • leaf129180.xml
  • leaf129185.xml
  • leaf129188.xml
  • leaf129193.xml
  • leaf129212.xml
  • leaf129243.xml
  • leaf129248.xml
  • leaf129252.xml
  • leaf129275.xml

METS Extenders

• Registries [coming soon]
  • METS Profile
  • METS Object Type
  • Metadata Type
  • Location Type
• Extension Schema
  • Descriptive Metadata
    • Dublin Core
      • Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
    • Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
      • MODS Website
    • MARCXML MARC 21 Schema (MARCXML)
      • MARCXML Website
  • Administrative Metadata
    • Schema for Technical Metadata for Text [created by Jerome McDonough, Elmer Bobst Library, New York University]
      Schema (textmd.xsd)
      Documentation
    • Schemas proposed for use in the Library of Congress Audio-Visual Prototyping Project
    • NISO Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images Standards Committee MIX Website
    • Schema for Rights Declaration
      Schema (METSRights.xsd)
      Announcement

Tools & Utilities

• METS Java Toolkit [created by Stephen Abrams, Digital Library Software Engineer, Harvard University Library]
• XSLT stylesheet for MOA2 to METS document conversion [created by Brian Tingle, California Digital Library]
• METS Tools from the NYU Digital Library Team
• docWORKS/METAe CCS GmbH - Content Conversion Specialists

METS Listserv

The METS Forum (METS@LOC.GOV) is an unmoderated computer forum open to members of the METS development community. METS is operated by the Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office. You may subscribe to this list at any time by sending an email message to the Library of Congress Listserv address LISTSERV@LOC.GOV with the message "SUBSCRIBE METS".

• METS Listserv Archive