METS Navigator spits out HTML pages, so any file type that a Web browser
can handle can be used. As for what *document* types are handled, pretty
much anything that is a unit that makes sense to point to from search
results in some outside system, then navigated within. Books are an
obvious choice, of course, and we have one collection up displaying sets
of cards (front and back). 

Future development is going to be driven by our needs here at IU, but
support for multi-volume items by creating a "parent" METS document that
links to individual ones is on our priority list, as is more
configurability for the interface (it has some now, but not enough) to
make it less "book-like." We don't yet have a timeline for finishing the
next stable version.

Jenn

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> Subject: Re: [METS] METS Navigator release 1.0 beta
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> What document types does the beta support?  what are the 
> plans for the future?  Thanks.
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> Not in this first version, unfortunately. It's on our agenda 
> for the next version, for sure.
> 
> Jenn 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard 
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline Arms
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:27 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [METS] METS Navigator release 1.0 beta
> > 
> > Any serial or multivolume support yet?      Caroline
> > 
> > >>> [log in to unmask] 04/11/06 8:57 AM >>>
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> > The Indiana University Digital Library Program is pleased 
> to announce 
> > the release of METS Navigator 1.0 Beta, a METS-based system for 
> > displaying and navigating sets of page images or other multi-part 
> > digital objects. More information, documentation, and downloads are 
> > available at <http://metsnavigator.sourceforge.net/>.
> > 
> > A METS profile for documents that can be used with METS 
> Navigator is 
> > in development, and will be released for comment shortly.
> > 
> > Jenn Riley
> > 
> > 
> > ========================
> > Jenn Riley
> > Metadata Librarian
> > Digital Library Program
> > Indiana University - Bloomington
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