Digital scanners output metadata (scanner model, date, scanner settings, etc.) according to a standard called TWAIN. The metadata is placed in a ".txt" file with the same filename that is assigned to the digitized image file, I believe. Is the TWAIN metadata already encoded as SGML? The display of this data that I have seen does not look like SGML, but it is labeled and listed in a predictable format. Is anyone using software that captures or automatically routes this metadata into EAD coding? Or into a cataloging format (USMARC?) or a database? We plan to do a great deal of scanning soon and are looking for relatively simple ways to capture the metadata for each scan. Thanks for your ideas, Linda ------------------- Linda J. Evans, Ph.D., Chief Cataloger, Chicago Historical Society 1601 North Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614-6099 telephone: 312-642-5035 ext. 311 (voice mail) fax: 312-266-2077 email: [log in to unmask] Enjoy the historical society's website: http://www.chicagohistory.org