https://coptr.digipres.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=TechmauriceCOPTR - User contributions [en-gb]2026-04-06T15:50:54ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.14https://coptr.digipres.org/index.php?title=FIDOO&diff=2472FIDOO2014-11-29T15:33:31Z<p>Techmaurice: first version, will add more info later ;)</p>
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|purpose=A PRONOM based, online file format identification tool written in Javascript and HTML5<br />
|homepage=http://www.techmaurice.com/fidoo/<br />
|license=Free use on website / Commercial<br />
|platforms=Webbased<br />
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[[Category:Metadata Extraction]]<br />
[[Category:File Format Identification]]<br />
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== Description ==<br />
FIDOO is an abbreviation for "Format Identification of Digital Objects Online" and is inspired by the OPF Format Identification tool [[FIDO_(Format_Identification_for_Digital_Objects)|FIDO]].<br />
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It is a web-based tool to identify the format of files, no installation or uploading required. It reads files locally. No files are uploaded and all information is destroyed if you close your browser. <br />
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The [http://www.techmaurice.com/fidoo/ website] is free to use and allows up to 250 files to be analyzed at a time.<br />
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The identification engine is not open source and can be licensed for use in web-based ingest workflow front-ends.<br />
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== Development / Bugs ==<br />
See [https://github.com/techmaurice/fidoo/issues Github repository issue page] for more information on development and bugs.<br />
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