How to Tell a File's Format: Five Open Source Tools
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
A practical introduction to five software tools to identify file formats and extract metadata
You will learn how to use five free, open-source tools to identify the format, version, and profile of document files and obtain their metadata. If you're working in library and archive technology, or if you're a student preparing for this career, the course will give you a strong start in using those tools and understanding their strengths and weaknesses. The five central sections each cover one of these tools:
file: A command line tool included in Linux and Unix for simple file identification.
DROID: A batch-oriented tool from the UK National Archives, using the PRONOM format registry.
ExifTool: A metadata extraction tool that recognizes a broad range of formats.
JHOVE: Software developed at the Harvard University Library for careful validation of certain formats. I wrote most of the code for JHOVE.
Apache Tika: Content extraction software which can identify many formats.
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