Christine Schwartz wrote: > Should we consider embedding the TEI in the METS documents, or just link out > to them? It depends on what you're doing and who the likely users of the METS are. The trouble with separate files, is that they inevitably get separated. The problem with everything-in-one-file is that it gets big an unwieldy to edit / validate / process. Depending on how you're managing your files and what tool support you have / need, you make the best trade-off you can. cheers stuart -- Stuart Yeates http://www.nzetc.org/ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/ Institutional Repository