Editing PiM (PREMIS in METS) Toolbox

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= Description =
The PREMIS in METS Toolbox is a set of open-source tools developed to support the implementation of PREMIS in the METS container format, validate PREMIS in METS document, convert between PREMIS & PREMIS in METS, and describe a file with PREMIS using the DAITS. Developed by Florida Center for Library Automation.

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 = Description =
-The [http://pim.fcla.edu/ PREMIS in METS Toolbox] was developed to support the implementation of PREMIS in the METS container format. &nbsp;It consists of three web-based tools: a validator, which will check a PREMIS or PREMIS in METS document for standard conformance; a converter, which given a PREMIS document will generate a METS document containing the PREMIS elements, and vice-versa; and a describer, which will generate a description of an input file using PREMIS elements.
+The PREMIS in METS Toolbox is a set of open-source tools developed to support the implementation of PREMIS in the METS container format, validate PREMIS in METS document, convert between PREMIS & PREMIS in METS, and describe a file with PREMIS using the DAITS. Developed by Florida Center for Library Automation.
-====Provider====
-The Florida Center for Library Automation, sponsored by the Library of Congress
-====Licensing and cost====
-The Toolbox is free and open source. &nbsp;No specific license information is available.
-====Development activity====
-The toolbox was created in 2009, and as of January 2012 is at Version 1.0.1.
-No information is available about future development.
-====Platform and interoperability====
-The Toolbox uses a web interface, and is therefore platform agnostic. &nbsp;
-The Validation tool is based on [http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/external/jhove JHOVE] and [http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/external/droid DROID]; the Conversion tool is implemented in XSLT; and the DAITSS description service is the underlying system behind the describing function.
-====Functional notes====
-All three tools support various modes of input: a source document or file can be addressed by URL or uploaded. PREMIS and METS documents can also be typed or copied directly into Validate and Convert.
-The interface does not support batch processing; however, the site advertises that the tools output is clean enough to make a PERL implementation possible.
-There is anecdotal evidence that the site experiences somewhat frequent outages. &nbsp;The tools do not appear to be able to recover from inappropriate inputs.
-====Documentation and user support====
-The PREMIS-in-METS Toolbox website does not provide formal documentation, although there are brief explanations of the tools&rsquo; functions. &nbsp;Contact information is listed for the developer.
-====Usability====
-The tools themselves are extremely straightforward.
-====Expertise required====
-Familiarity with preservation metadata standards is essential.
-====Standards compliance====
-The Toolbox&rsquo;s sole purpose is to aid curators in working with the PREMIS and METS preservation metadata standards.
-====Influence and take-up====
-No information available.
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