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[edit]

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[edit]

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

User Experiences[edit]

Development Activity[edit]

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

Release Feed[edit]

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2024-03-01 14:22:31: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.3.0 CSV Validator 1.3.0]; by sparkhi
2023-12-01 17:05:14: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.3.0-RC3 1.3.0-RC3]; by sparkhi
2023-12-01 17:00:46: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/9081590/1.3.0-RC2 1.3.0-RC2]; by sparkhi

Activity Feed[edit]

Below the last 5 activity feeds:

2024-11-11 12:41:40: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/2a38743d55024cbdde4e56de83e6c194dc712d02 Merge pull request #510 from digital-preservation/DR2-1966_addAbility…]; by techncl https://github.com/techncl
2024-11-11 12:18:24: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/62b88e5161810bd56a63fe49efb6d52a0da98d7e Edit error messages to be inline with GDS]; by techncl https://github.com/techncl
2024-11-08 17:27:01: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/18f91a65cf2afbdd3aee623df059ab55ee9597d0 Move setting of transfer handler for CSV button]; by techncl https://github.com/techncl
2024-11-08 17:18:54: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/88262a900f8c3b25cbeccbfb593ec644e6412e9d Merge branch 'DR2-1966_addAbilityToDragAndDropFilesIntoTextBoxes' of …]; by techncl https://github.com/techncl
2024-11-08 17:18:34: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/d6ed8a7299bc0328bcb30d15a33280bbaf46ebf2 Allow dragging and dropping files onto window]; by techncl https://github.com/techncl