XML Catalogs might be a solution if your tools support them: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec-2001-08-06.html http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17802_01/webservices/webservices/docs/1.6/jaxb/catalog.html I think libxml, xsltproc, saxon, xalan, xerces, etc. support them. Kevin On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Brian Tingle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > All my METS are dead in the water with the government shutdown. Anyone > have any suggestions for validating METS with MODS till they turn the > federal government back on? The instance documents all link to loc.govfor the METS and MODS. Going forward, what is a reliable entity for > hosting the schema? > > Sent from my iPhone