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

Development Activity

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

Release Feed

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2026-10-12 16:42:50: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.4.4 1.4.4]; by sparkhi
2026-10-12 12:19:39: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.4.4-RC1 1.4.4-RC1]; by sparkhi
2026-01-06 17:30:14: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.4.3 1.4.3]; by sparkhi

Activity Feed

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2026-10-01 08:00:29: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/b8b09550a99784ce1edd246a66d9e66161c978f1 Merge pull request #665 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/or…]; by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam
2026-10-01 07:55:39: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/5cbeedbc07ddddf237b2d24d06ffc0887acb6f67 Merge pull request #659 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/or…]; by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam
2026-10-01 07:55:36: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7deb103fa0c89fb7a4aeaf06f1c088f2e18b6328 Merge pull request #660 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/jo…]; by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam
2026-10-01 07:55:32: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/36d9c25a7c98714ff4df14232bd521a28665a904 Merge pull request #661 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/or…]; by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam
2026-10-01 07:55:28: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/3d298b6d439f32a6fa2112844e5da4a61d2ad2d1 Merge pull request #662 from digital-preservation/dependabot/maven/or…]; by MancunianSam https://github.com/MancunianSam