CSV Validator

Validation of CSV files against user-defined schema
Homepage:	http://digital-preservation.github.io/csv-validator/
License:	Mozilla Public Licence version 2.0
Platforms:	Cross platform (Scala 2.10/Java Virtual Machine)
Function:	Metadata Processing,Validation
Content type:	Spreadsheet,Document,Research Data
Appears in COW:	Creating a SIP from content downloaded from OneDrive (or other Cloud based source), Digital archiving workflow (high-level)

Description

The CSV Validator is designed to allow validation of CSV files against user defined schema. It was developed at The National Archives (UK) to allow the validation of metadata files being received in CSV format. This was driven by the fact that CSV data is very easy to create for all users, via spreadsheet tools, or at worst any text editor. However, there was previously no straightforward way of checking that the received CSV files actually had the expected number of columns, or that those columns contained data of the type expected. Version 1.0 of the tool was released in July 2014, additional developer involvement is encouraged. The CSV Validator serves as reference implementation for the CSV Schema Language version 1.0, released simultaneously. Further information in post on The National Archives blog.

[CSV Schema Language version 1.1 was released on 25 January 2016, alongside CSV Validator 1.1.

Download

You can download CSV Validator under https://github.com/digital-preservation/csv-validator/releases.

User Experiences

• Tool demo with videos in the DPC Handbook
• DROID report as basis for collection integrity checks

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on Github: https://github.com/digital-preservation/csv-validator/commits

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2026-01-06 17:30:14

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.4.3 1.4.3]

by sparkhi

2026-01-06 12:57:09

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.4.3-RC1 1.4.3-RC1]

by sparkhi

2025-12-16 14:39:50

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.4.2 1.4.2]

by sparkhi

Activity Feed

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2026-06-04 12:29:29

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/6639e3683523cc506ab64d4d1fc4546ebb184158 Merge pull request #650 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/jo…]

by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam

2026-06-04 12:21:28

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/87665bd0f6911a4f2051f061ed88f0ca4c1c7c0f Merge pull request #649 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/or…]

by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam

2026-06-01 00:44:24

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/b76d60e0199c5b1366eba572536ca2a87cd64d81 Bump joda-time:joda-time from 2.14.1 to 2.14.2]

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2026-06-01 00:43:14

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/0a6869ece937c70086f13307a7c0f5cda3219496 Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin]

by dependabot https://github.com/dependabot

2026-05-06 10:25:47

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7ec00534cb3a9a90f1ea670e4eddb6e8d916f99e Merge pull request #648 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/co…]

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