Hi everyone,
I read it as the latter - the object of the METS document. The
annotation for OBJID itself isn't too clear in the METS schema, but the
entry for altRecordID states:
"the alternative record identifier element <altRecordID> allows
one to use alternative record identifier values for the digital object
represented by the METS document; the primary record identifier is
stored in the OBJID attribute in the root <mets> element."
which seems to imply that OBJID is also used for the digital object.
Or so it seems to me! I may be wrong...
Richard
Riley, Jenn wrote:
> Hello METS implementers,
>
> I'm interested in more information on the semantics of the OBJID attribute
> on the root <mets> element. Is the intention that the value of this
> attribute be an identifer for the *METS document* or the *object*
> represented by the METS document? In our environment, an PURL for the object
> resolves to a end-user view of an object and a different PURL resolves to
> the METS document. We're treating these PURLs as identifiers (yes, I know
> the debate from both sides on whether locators should do double-duty as
> identifiers...) I'm trying to figure out which to use in OBJID and which to
> put elsewhere.
>
> The 1.8 Schema documentation
> <http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/version18/mets.xsd> and the Primer
> <http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METS%20Documentation%20final%20070930%20m
> sw.pdf> seem to imply the METS document interpretation, but not entirely
> rule out the object interpretation.
>
> So what was the original intention for this attribute? And how are folks
> actually using it?
>
> Thanks,
> Jenn
>
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