Introduction to METS, the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard

Merrilee Proffit (Program Officer, RLG)

METS was developed to encode the descriptive, administrative, and structural information for objects within a digital library. It provides for the responsible management and transfer of digital library objects by bundling and storing appropriate metadata along with the digital media files. This standard is a powerful and flexible tool with a growing number of uses, including digital archiving.