>>> [log in to unmask] 05-08-2005 11:20 >>> >>... but how much better to have a schema that lets you include the >>record-level metadata along with the data. > >Like a METS wrapper around record + metadata? :) > >http://www.loc.gov/mets/ Will METS then be the requested record schema, independend of what is in it? An alternative to METS might be MPEG-21 DIDL. We are starting to use that for compound digital objects but it could very well be used for compound metadata records. Theo