METS: A Status Report Jerome McDonough Digital Library Development Team Leader New York University This briefing will provide an update on the progress of the Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS) initiative, an effort to define a common format for encoding digital library objects and their metadata. It will include an overview of current software development efforts, and a discussion of METS profiles, which allow organizations to specify restrictions on the METS format for local applications. Web Link: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/ PowerPoint Presentation: METS: A Status Report