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This is a list of tools and applications for validating formats and extracting metadata from files.

* http://aperture.sourceforge.net/ Aperture
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit BWF MetaEdit
* [[DROID]]
* https://exiftool.org/ ExifTool
* [[FIDO]]
* [[File command]]
* [[File Information Tool Set|FITS]]
* http://markzware.com/flightcheck FlightCheck
* http://www.imagemagick.org/script/identify.php ImageMagick
* [[JHOVE]]
* http://www.jhove2.org JHOVE2
* http://mp3-validator.apponic.com/ MP3 Validator
* http://www.natlib.govt.nz/services/get-advice/digital-libraries/metadata-extraction-tool NLNZ Metadata Extraction Tool
* http://tika.apache.org/ Tika
* http://jpylyzer.openpreservation.org/ Jpylyzer JP2 validator + feature extractor

As well, [[Wikipedia:Checksum|checksums]], [[Wikipedia:Hash function|hash]] and [[Wikipedia:Digital signature|signature]] functions can be used to determine if a file has changed. A hash of a trusted version of the file is required for comparison.

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