Binary Data

Content definition: Tools that support the preservation of data in a "raw", unstructured or binary form.

Tools for this content type

		Access, Use and Reuse	Create or Receive (Acquire)	Cross-Lifecycle Functions	Dispose	Ingest	Preservation Action	Preservation Planning	Store
AV-VCS (AlgoVoi Verifiable Compliance Suite)	AV-VCS is a self-hosted, air-gap-capable digital preservation and compliance-evidence platform. It stores records in a write-once, tamper-evident, content-addressed archive, signs each evidence chain with post-quantum digital signatures (Falcon-1024 and ML-DSA-65) and RFC 3161 trusted timestamps, and supports legal holds and independent offline verification with no vendor cloud in the loop.			X		X			X
ArchiFiltre	Overview of folder trees with fine diagrams		X				X		X
Bless	Bless is a high quality, full featured hex editor.			X
CyberChef	A forensic tool with workflow capabilities to analyse files and containers	X		X		X	X		X
DART (Digital Archivist's Resource Tool)	Provides both a GUI and a command-line interface for packaging files and uploading them to remote repositories.		X			X	X		X
DNS	DNS - DA NRW Software Suite			X		X	X
DiPS (Digital Preservation Solution)	DiPS (OAIS compliant Digital Preservation Solution)	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
DiscMaster	Website to browse and search vintage computer files from archive.org			X
Fq	Tool, language and decoders for working with binary data.	X		X		X	X	X
Greaseweazle	Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level.		X
Hex Fiend	Hex Editor for MacOS.	X		X			X
Hex Workshop	The Hex Workshop Hex Editor by BreakPoint Software is a complete set of hexadecimal development tools for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later.			X
Hiberden	Hiberden is a desktop application for archiving files to LTO tape, local disk, NAS, and S3-compatible cloud storage, with checksum-based read-back verification and 3-2-1 coverage tracking in a single catalog.					X			X
UniConvertor	a Universal vector graphics format translator						X
WxHexEditor	A free hex editor / disk editor			X
Yara	YARA is a tool that allows the identification of files that match user-defined textual or binary patterns			X				X