METS Awareness Training
Case Study 1: a slide collection
You have recently digitized a collection of 2000 slides of botanical drawings which you wish to mount
on the web. A sample image and metadata are shown below:You have large archival versions of each image (5MB each), a smaller deliverable version (750K) and
a thumbnail (50K).
Title
Astragalus aristaus
Description
Botanical engraving - coloured - of Astragalus aristaus
Date (issued)
1832
Publisher
London (England): Richard Taylor and Co.
Author
Sibthorp, John, 1758-1796
Editor
Lindley, John, 1799-1865
Artist
Bauer, Ferdinand, 1760-1826
Engraver
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870
Subject
Botany -- Greece (LCSH)
Legumes -- Greece (LCSH)
Questions to ask when implementing this collection in METS;
1. What facilities do you want to offer your users when using this collection?
2. What extension schemas should you use for descriptive and administrative metadata?
3. What standards would you adopt for metadata content (name authorities, subject headings)?
4. What files will you include in your <fileSec> and how will they be arranged?
5. How will you arrange your <structMap>?