METS 1.9 Change Requests

Please start the title of Change Requests for version 1.9 of the METS Schema with "CR 1.9" and then a terse description of the request.

CR 1.9 providing pointers into files and bytestreams
CR 1.9 Add ADMID attribute to mdRef
CR 1.9 Add METSID attribute to mets
CR 1.9 Add ISO 19115 schema to endorsed enumeration list of metadata standards for mdWrap and mdRef
CR 1.9 Mechanism to specify HTTP RFC 2616 section 14 Headers 14.35 Range and 14.16 Content-Range
CR 1.9 allow any attribute from other namespaces on METS elements
CR 1.9 Add XPTR to list of enumerated values of BETYPE in area

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Subject to the [schema revision process], these changes will be decided on by the METS Editorial Board at a future board meeting. The meeting will 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.