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Most of you are probably aware of two PREMIS-related services: 1) http://pim.fcla.edu is a PREMIS-in-METS toolbox (PIM). You can use it to validate a PREMIS-in-METS document, convert between PREMIS and PREMIS-in-METS, and create a PREMIS description of a file object using the DAITSS 2 Description Service. A nice way to try out the toolbox if you haven't used it before is to use the describe service to create a PREMIS file object document, and use that as input to the validate and convert services. (NOTE: you may get a validation error because describe has implemented the recently approved agent note element while validate has not.) 2) http://id.loc.gov is LC's Authorities and Vocabularies service. Right now it contains values for PREMIS Event types and preservationLevel Role types. Ultimately it will include values for all controlled vocabularies defined in the PREMIS Data Dictionary, as well as values defined in METS and MIX. This is a linked data application that can be used by both humans and machines. It seems to me that PIM tools could use LC's vocabulary service in a number of ways. For example, the existing validate service could check values in the PREMIS document against an authority list in id.loc.gov. Perhaps the describe service could allow users to enhance the PREMIS description by selecting values from an authority list derived from the vocabulary service. I would be interested in hearing from other PIGgies how you think these two services could interact in ways that benefit the preservation community. If you have an idea, please post it to the list so that others can see it. Thanks very much, Priscilla Caplan FCLA