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Rebecca-- This is very timely and helpful - thank you for providing this! --Eric Stedfeld At 10:28 AM 7/20/2006, you wrote: >This is being sent to both the PREMIS Implementors' Group list and the >METS list. Sorry for the duplication. > >In preparation for a PREMIS tutorial that Priscilla Caplan and I just did >in Glasgow (sponsored by Digital Curation Centre), I spent a lot of time >trying to figure out the best approach for using PREMIS with METS. Thanks >especially to Morgan Cundiff at LC and Tom Habing at UIUC for helping me >with this. I have made available a sample document to illustrate the >approach that we came up with and solicit comments about it. It is at: >http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/louis.xml > >Some notes on the approach. > >1. There is one administrative metadata with multiple techMD and >digiProvMDs. The ADMID on <file> of course links to the appropriate techMD >or digiProvMD. > >2. PREMIS object metadata is in techMD and premis:event is in digiProv. If >we had premis:rights it would be in rightsMD. > >3. If there are elements in PREMIS that are also in METS, they are encoded >redundantly. We thought that there was no harm in this and perhaps safer. > >4. If there is MIX, generally the data that is in PREMIS is in the PREMIS >section and only the additional elements that are file specific are >included in the MIX section. Note that this is based on the older version >of MIX; MIX is in the process of revision because of the Z39.87 revision >to harmonize the element names with PREMIS where they are the same. > >5. If there is an agent, it is in a separate digiProvMD or rightsMD >section depending upon which metadata it's related to. In this case we >haven't included a rightsMD section. We do have 2 events in digiProv. Then >we have repeated digiProv with an agent and both events link to the same >agent and the one agent is associated with both events in the file >section. > >6. This example adds to a METS object we already had in our digital >library. I am considering this METS object an intellectual entity (in >PREMIS terms); thus the link to the presentation of it in the PREMIS >linkingIntellectualEntity. >see: >http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/test-ihas/loc.natlib.gottlieb.09601/default.html > >7. We have not included PREMIS metadata for the service copies, because we >consider them throwaways. > >I would welcome any comments on this approach. Also any discussion so that >we can all start thinking about best practices for PREMIS/METS/MIX >together. > >Rebecca >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >^^ Rebecca S. Guenther ^^ >^^ Senior Networking and Standards Specialist ^^ >^^ Network Development and MARC Standards Office ^^ >^^ 1st and Independence Ave. SE ^^ >^^ Library of Congress ^^ >^^ Washington, DC 20540-4402 ^^ >^^ (202) 707-5092 (voice) (202) 707-0115 (FAX) ^^ >^^ [log in to unmask] ^^ >^^ ^^ >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ===================== Eric L Stedfeld New York University Digital Library Program [log in to unmask]