METS 1.8 Change Requests

Please start the title of Change Requests for version 1.8 (Minneapolis) of the METS Schema with "CR 1.8" and then a terse description of the request.

CR 1.8 UCSD - CHECKSUMTYPE CV list addition

CR 1.8 CHECKSUMTYPE vocabulary incompatible with MIX

CR 1.8 CHECKSUMENCODING

CR 1.8 MDTYPE Documentation

CR 1.8 Add MDVersion to MDRef and MDWrap

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subject to the [schema revision process], these changes will be decided on by the METS Editorial Board at the meeting April 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These meetings will now be open to the public.

Proposal requirements: statement of change, description of solution, reasons/use case for the request.

When your proposal is ready, you can mail it to the METS list directly from the wiki (if you are subscribed to the METS list with the same email). Proposals must be sent to the METS list to give the community a chance to give feedback on the change.