Format validation and analysis software
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* http://www.natlib.govt.nz/services/get-advice/digital-libraries/metadata-extraction-tool NLNZ Metadata Extraction Tool | * http://www.natlib.govt.nz/services/get-advice/digital-libraries/metadata-extraction-tool NLNZ Metadata Extraction Tool | ||
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| + | As well, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum checksums], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function hash] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signature signature] functions can be used to verify is file has changed. Though in some cases they require that a hash be generated from a known good version of the file before it can be used to confirm that the file has not changed. | ||
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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
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/droid/ DROID
- http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool ExifTool
- http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/software/fido FIDO
- http://linux.die.net/man/1/file file
- https://code.google.com/p/fits/ FITS
- http://markzware.com/flightcheck FlightCheck
- http://www.imagemagick.org/script/identify.php ImageMagick
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/jhove/ 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
As well, checksums, hash and signature functions can be used to verify is file has changed. Though in some cases they require that a hash be generated from a known good version of the file before it can be used to confirm that the file has not changed.
