Parting
thoughts…
Profile
places emphasis on “object modeling” and structural characteristics of the digital object
The
lack of common data standards is the key barrier to interoperability. METS Profiles address that
problem.
Registering
profiles with the METS Editorial Board is a good thing.
A
METS profile-aware validator is needed. We are working on it.
Exposing
METS documents for OAI harvesting is a logical next step…