METS List Members,

I sent the wrong "Welcome Message" earlier today. Disregard the earlier
message. The correct information is below:


Morgan Cundiff
Library of Congress

Subject: Welcome to METS!
WELCOME TO THE Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)Forum.

Please READ this message and retain for future reference.

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1.  ABOUT THE FORUM:

METS is an unmoderated computer forum open to participants in the
Metadata Workshop held at New York University on February 15-16, 2001,
and others involved with the Making of America (MOA) project. METS
provides a forum for communication during the development period of
next version of the DTD. The list will remain closed during this
development period. It is expected that the list will become public
when the new DTD is released.

The name METS was suggested by New York University staff as an interim
name for the next version of the MOA DTD. The official new name is yet
to be determined.

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Options:
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RECIPIENTS METS: get a list of all subscribers
REVIEW METS: same as above
INDEX METS: gives a list of files available through the list
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LIST OWNER AND CONTACTS

METS is an unmoderated list maintained by staff at the Network
Development and MARC Standards Office. Only members of the list may
submit messages. Messages are not reviewed by the list owner.

Please contact the list owner in the Network Development and
MARC Standards Office for questions related to operations of
METS including subscriptions to the list:
      Morgan Cundiff
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      (202) 707-1310

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