Tools and Standards for Digital Archives and Libraries Here are tools and websites used in the development of digital libraries. Organizations: Standards Making Bodies Organizations here develop the formal standards used in building and maintaining digital archives and libraries. OAI Open Archives Initiative An organization assuring interoperability standards for archival and library systems and collections. www.openarchives.org www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.htm/ www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.htm#harvester ISO. International Organization for Standardization ISO TC 46/SC9 www.collectionscanada.ca/iso/tc46sc9 Library and Archives Canada is the maintaining institution for many ISO TC (Technical Committee) 46 standards and also an informative presentation of ISO library and archive standards. TC 46 produces information and documentation standards. SC9. NISO. National Information Standards Organization. www.niso.org www.niso.org/international/SC4/sc4stand.html Individual Standards and Groups of Standards Bibliographic output and display. www.collectionscanada.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-2e.htm Fedora. Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture www.fedora.info/documents/master-spec-12.20.02.pdf METS. Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.v2.html MODS. Metadata Object Descriptive Schema www.loc.gov/standards/mods MODS to ISO2079 mapping www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods2marc-mapping.html#intro MARC www.loc.gov/marc MARC to CD Converter www.loc.gov/marc/marc2dc.html#qualif Digital Library Software OAICat alcme.oclc.org/oaicat/index.html DSpace Federation dspace.org/federation/index.html Miscellaneous Version control www.cvshome.org References ETS and MODS: a discussion www.iwi-iuk.org/cashmere/htdocs/html/newsletter/data/mets.en.shtml