Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
An archival information package (AIP) in Archivematica wrapped as METS, with MODS descriptive metadata and PREMIS preservation metadata inside.
- Is an instance
A digitised manuscript ingest from a national library wrapped in METS.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A bare PDF file is not METS.
- Not an instance
A Dublin Core record alone is not METS — METS would wrap it in a dmdSec.
Editorial commentary
METS organises an object into sections: dmdSec (descriptive metadata), amdSec (administrative metadata, with technical, rights, source, and digiprov subsections), fileSec (a manifest of content files), structMap (logical or physical structure), structLink, and behaviorSec. METS embeds or links other metadata standards (MODS for descriptive, PREMIS for preservation, MIX for image-technical, TextMD for text-technical) rather than replacing them. METS is widely used in digital preservation systems (Archivematica, RODA) and digitisation workflows.
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Also known as
Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
vocab-term="METS"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/mets" />{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"name": "METS",
"identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/mets",
"description": "Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard: a Library of Congress-maintained XML schema for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata for digital library objects, providing a wrapper around content files and metadata sections.",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/research-information-systems-and-integration/",
"url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/mets",
"sameAs": [
"Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard"
],
"license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}
