Digitization and Conversion:Mets/Alto: digital information accessible from press clipping to digital library

	Impressum imprint Rechtliche Hinweise legal disclaimer
	"creating value through automated digital conversion"

METS / ALTOXML Object model

If you have any question about digitizing or converting serials like newspapers or journals or monographs like books, please select a language and enjoy our website

General Information

Introduction
History
METS/ALTO XML Objects in Real Life
ALTO in NDNP
ALTO Description

Contact Information

Daniel Lanz
CCS, GmbH Content Conversion Specialists
daniel.lanz@ccs-gmbh.de

Technical Information

Reference from METS to ALTO Files
Structure of ALTO Files
TextStyles
ParagraphStyles
Attributes of a Page Element
Page Areas
The Structure of each of the Page Area (PageSpace) Elements
Additional Attributes of the Tags

Reference Links

METS (Metadata Encoding and Transcryption Standard)
ALTO (Analyzed Layout and Text Object)
METAe project group
NDNP (National Digital Newspaper Project)
Technical Requirements of the NDNP project
CCS GmbH, Content Conversion Specialists