July 10, 2024 Board Meeting - mets/METS-board GitHub Wiki

Attendees

Aaron created a generated schema documentation like the old one: https://mets.github.io/METS2_Profile_Docs/METS2_profile.html
There are submitting instructions for the old profiles: https://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/profile_docs/submission.html
Do we need other/more detailed instructions for the new submitting process via Github?
We can define a submitting template in Github
The template could indicate fields that should be filled out
One recommendation for submissions: Use persistent identifiers for external references
There is a submitting person needed, not just an organization

Nate (LoC) contacted us about links within a registered profile (https://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/profiles/00000018.html) that are outdated. These are references to schemas at the LoC that were moved.
The METS Board does not maintain registered profiles and update their content. The profiles are provided as they were submitted. Updates and changes must be provided by the submitting institutions.
This case is special as the references point to LoC sources. If the LoC could install redirects for the outdated URLs it would be helpful.
Karin will send an answer to the request on the board list

There is a METS 2 Overview about the changes and motivation of METS 2
There is an old METS Overview as quick guide to METS, that was translated in several languages
A Quick Guide would still make sense
The existing METS 2 overview was used for the Primer
Chapter 2 of the Primer is already like a Quick Guide. It could be used to create a new version of the METS Overview / Quick Guide.