Merrilee, I'm sorry...I actually subscribe to the METS list and meant to send this message there. Because there is so much complementary cross-talk between the EAD and METS discussions I had mistakenly thought that's where I was... Regards, geoff Geoff Froh Technical Manager Densho 1416 S. Jackson St. Seattle, WA 98144 US (v) 206.320.0095 (f) 206.320.0098 (w) www.densho.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merrilee Proffitt" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:34 PM Subject: Re: METS db (Was: Re: EAD Database - Where to start?) > Geoff and other METS enthusiasts, > > You might try the METS listserv (for information on subscribing, see > http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/ ). I'd like to gently suggest that this > thread move itself over there. There has been discussion in the METS > initiative about establishing a suite of METS tools. Stay tuned! > > Merrilee > > At 01:39 PM 5/15/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Speaking of database models, would anyone be willing to share METS rdms > >implementations or strategies. > > > >My organization has an in-house CMS of sorts, but I've been looking at > >making us METS interoperable. One possibility is to replace our highly > >customized MSSQL2000 system with a native METS database. I've been tinkering > >a little with an MSSQL db I built from the LoC's DAVRS prototype metadata > >capture database spec (there is a diagram and a excel spreadsheet describing > >the rev10 schema at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/avprot/avlcdocs.html#md). > >For the most part, it is faithful to the spec, though I did replace some of > >the enumerated types with lookup tables. > > > >Before I got too much deeper (or waste more time) I thought I'd check in > >with the experts... > > > >Cheers, > > > >Geoff Froh > >Technical Manager > > > >Densho > >1416 S. Jackson St. > >Seattle, WA 98144 > >US > > > >(v) 206.320.0095 > >(f) 206.320.0098 > >(w) www.densho.org >