[OAI-implementers] encapsulated metadata and content

[Phil Barker]

Naomi Dushay wrote:
> There is an XML metadata format that strive to be a wrapper for complex
> digital objects that may contain content as well as metadata:
> 
> METS - Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard  
> 
> http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
> 
...


There is another, the IMS Content Packaging Specification,

http://www.imsglobal.org/content/packaging/index.cfm

" The IMS Content Packaging Specification provides the functionality to 
describe and package learning materials, such as an individual course or a 
collection of courses, into interoperable, distributable packages. Content 
Packaging addresses the description, structure, and location of online 
learning materials and the definition of some particular content types."
[Note that more or less anything can be a learning material]


Which has a sister specification for how repositories should interoperate: 
the IMS Digital Repositories Specification,
http://www.imsglobal.org/digitalrepositories/index.cfm
"...purpose is to provide recommendations for the interoperation of the 
most common repository functions..."


Again, this isn't OAI...though OAI gets a mention in the repository spec.

Phil

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