Date:         Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:29:46 +1000
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Subject:      Re: PREMIS and METS amdSec
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I also vote for option 1 and I agree with everything Tobias Steinke
says.

Bronwyn Lee
Newspaper Digitisation Project
National Library of Australia
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Subject: Re: [METS] PREMIS and METS amdSec

I would vote for alternative 1 (Use premis:object in techMD,
premis:event in digiProv, premis:rights in rightsMD). We did this the
same way with LMER (http://www.d-nb.de/standards/pdf/lmer12_e.pdf) in
the METS-Profile "Universal Object Format"
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/profiles/00000011.html). If you put
PREMIS in one METS section only, the main advantage of using METS is
lost: A clear semantically structure of metadata. The different sections
of METS are meant to be independent of concrete schemas. A clear logical
distinction of descriptive, administrative, technical and provenance
metadata is what it's all about.

Your option 1 would change the proven structure in favor of one schema.
Maybe there will be other reasons in the future to put descriptive and
technical metadata in the same element because MODS or an other schema
will be enhanced with technical information.

If you want to use PREMIS and METS together, PREMIS should be used in a
way to fit in METS as it is. But I think it would be essential to give
an "official" recommendation on how to do this, because this would be
the first step to an universal exchange format for digital preservation.

Best regards,
Tobias

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