title: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) Version 2
creators: Aaron Elkiss Andreas Nef Inge Hofsink Juha Lehtonen Karin Bredenberg Robin Wendler Tobias Steinke
abstract: The poster of the METS Editorial Board will give an overview of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) with a focus on the new version 2.
  
  The poster will show the structure of a METS 2 document describing a typical digital object from an institutional repository. The example will include content files such as a PDF, a PDF/A object, and an associated data set, as well as metadata associated with the content such as descriptive Dublin Core metadata, technical metadata about the PDF, and preservation metadata (PREMIS) describing the PDF to PDF/A transformation. This will show how METS can easily represent multiple versions of the same underlying data, how METS can link between content and its related metadata, and convey that METS 2 is a useful way to structure digital objects.
  
  We will also show an overview of major changes from METS 1 to METS 2, using the same example as above. This will convey that METS 2 is simpler to implement and more consistent than METS 1, as well as provide a sense of the changes to those that may have some familiarity with METS 1.
  
  Finally, we will provide an overview of the resources available to aid in implementation of METS 2, such as documentation, examples, and aids to migration. The goal is to convey that METS 2 is modern and well-supported and that users can find sufficient resources and guides for implementation.
keywords: metadata standards and implementation from document to data