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Greetings METS list, I was jolted out of my convenient state as a lurker on the list by MacKenzie's sideline about a standard METS implementation in an OAIS context. At 8:50 PM -0500 3/6/2002, MacKenzie Smith wrote: >Not that this tells you much, since we (the >METS community) >haven't yet defined a standard implementation of METS in the OAIS context... >something I hope we tackle soon... The Online Archive of California will adopt METS as an SIP, AIP and DIP as soon as it has passed DLF review. Since the OAC has made extensive use of MOA2, there already is quite some expertise in METS-like objects in the OAC and among its contributors. I am the chair of the OAC Digital Object Subcommittee, which has been charged with developing Best Practise Guidelines for the implementation of METS in the OAC as well as conversion of MOA2 objects into METS. I'd be extremely interested in hearing from other early implementors who have started to grapple with METS on an institutional scale. Are there already any fledgling best practise documents? Any other committees being convened elsewhere with a similar goal? I know everybody (including me!) is always very hesitant to share their imperfect works-in-progress, but maybe letting our pride rest for a minute would get us further in this case :-). Thanks, Guenter -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guenter Waibel Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Digital Media Developer http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Digital Imaging SIG Chair, MCN http://www.mcn.edu/visig_subscribe.taf [log in to unmask] Phone 510-643-8655 Fax 510-642-4889 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~