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METS version 1 Example Documents

This page lists example METS documents as used to drive live content produced by numerous METS implementers, sorted by function or type of material.

  • Bibliographic Record

  • Page Turners
    • U.C. Irvine Library "Page Turn" Image within Finding Aid
    • Brown University "Page Turner" Periodical Issue with PDF
    • Library of Congress Page Turner

  • Internationalization
    • The Royal Library of Denmark Manuscript collections (English, Arabic) (includes page turner)

  • Maps & Geographic
    • Northwestern University African Maps Collection

  • Image with Text
    • U.C. Berkeley Library Image with Unstructured Text (used for search only)
    • Brown University Image (photograph)

  • PDF and Other Document Types

  • Pictorial Material
    • U.C. Berkeley Library Single Image Pictorial Material Only
    • Brown University Image (print)

  • Image with Video

  • Multiple Pictorial Images
    • U.C. Merced Library Multiple Pictorial Images with Mixed CJK and Latin Descriptive Metadata
    • Brown University Multiple Images (scrapbook)

  • MrSid and Various Other Static Image Formats

  • Sheet Music
    • Brown University Sheet Music

  • Sound Recording
    • Brown University Audio Recording
    • National Library of Australia Audio Delivery System

  • Realia
    • Brown University Image (sampler)


  • Compact Disc

  • Musical Score and Parts
    • Library of Congress Musical Score and Parts

  • Serials

  • Video with Transcript
    • Library of Congress Video with Transcript


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