Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote: > METS is not included in the list because nobody has requested it. > If someon requests it (you, for example) it will be added. > > However if nobody requests it then I don't see any point in > gratuitiously adding it. I'm not aware of any projects using METS as > an SRU record format. I could certainly easily see it used in front of a content-management/digital object kind of a system, and I imagine one day'll we'll do something with it.. not yet, though. :-) --Sebastian > > --Ray > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Mark Diggory <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 09, 2007 9:50 PM > *Subject:* METS as record format > > Hello, > > Has anyone out there explored using METS as the return record format > for SRU/W? I was a little surprised not to see it listed in the > website ... > > http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/record-schemas.html > > -Mark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Systems Manager > MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > Office: E25-131 > Phone: (617) 253-1096 > -- Sebastian Hammer, Index Data [log in to unmask] www.indexdata.com Ph: (603) 209-6853 Fax: (866) 383-4485