<div dir="ltr">METS is the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard, which is applied to encoding metadata via a standardized XML schema. METS handles all types of metadata that is relevant to preservation: descriptive, administrative, and technical/structural metadata are all included in the schema, and a METS document will serve as the container for all of this information about a digital object.<br>
<br>The schema was initially developed for the digital library community, and has thus extended to the digital repository and preservation communities. The fact that METS confines varying types of an object’s metadata to one standard XML-based file type is excellent news for sharing and preserving resources.<br>
<a href="http://easydigitalpreservation.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/mets-for-transferable-metadata/">http://easydigitalpreservation.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/mets-for-transferable-metadata/</a></div>