At 09:48 PM 12/5/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>One solution is use specific metadata inside MODS elements, like MATHML or
>SVG modules for DOCBOOK.
>There is also extension schemas for METS :
><http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/avprot/metsmenu2.html>http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/avprot/metsmenu2.html
>
>METS could embeded MODS, but i understood that METS is used only to
>backup/move data from/to servers.
>Not for IR in (SRW/SRU) servers.
>I'am right ?
Not quite. METS was intended to serve as either a Submission Information
Package, Dissemination
Information Package, or an Archival Information Package within the OAIS
Reference Model. There is
actually no reason why an Archival Information Package, stored on one of
your servers, couldn't
be indexed and used for information retrieval purposes. We are actually
planning something along
those lines at NYU, where AIP METS files will live on our server and be
indexed/searched/retrieved.
When retrieved, we will put the METS file through an XSLT process to
transform it into a suitable
format for delivery to the user (that is, we'll create a DIP out of the AIP).
So it's perfectly fine to use METS for retrieval purposes. METS: not just
for exchange anymore.
Jerome McDonough
Digital Library Development Team Leader
Elmer Bobst Library, New York University
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