KOST-Val

KOST-Val is an open source validator for different file formats and Submission Information Package (SIP).
Homepage:	http://kost-ceco.ch/cms/index.php?kost_val_de
License:	GNU General Public License 3+
Platforms:	Windows
Function:	Quality Assurance,Validation
Content type:	Database,Document,Image

Description

The KOST-Val application is used to validate different file formats and Submission Information Package (SIP).

KOST-Val supersedes the format validation tools SIARD-VAL, TIFF-Val and SIP-Val by KOST-CECO.

Functional Principle

KOST-Val complies with the following requirements.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/master/KOST-Val_FuntionalPrincipleFormatValidation.JPG

The results (including information on inconsistencies and errors) are output for every step and written into a validation log. The validation steps are executed sequentially. Whenever possible the validation shall continue after an error has been detected in order to reduce the number of correction cycles.

Read Me & Download

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/master/KOST-Val_README.md

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see GPL-3.0_COPYING.txt for details.

You can download KOST-Val under http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/releases. For installation instructions please check the manual.

Future

See http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/issues

Feedback & Issues

Feedback about KOST-Val is very welcome at http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/issues or kost-val[at]kost-ceco.ch

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User Experiences

• ZBW:
  • KOST-Val v1.6.0
  • The tool is very easy to install and to handle.
  • The output in xml-Format (open in a browser to have a table) is easy to understand
  • Running the JPEG-Module against almost 2,400 JPEGs has only lasted 7 minutes
  • The tool recognises fake-JPEGs (jpeg-extension, but no jpeg inside) and issues with jpegs and can differentiate easily between these two cases.

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Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/commits

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2025-04-07 09:39:49

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/10448958/v2.3.0.1a ZLIB Test v2.3.0.1]

by Chlara

2025-03-19 16:31:08

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/10448958/v1.2.0.1 KOST-Tools v1.2.0.1]

by Chlara

2024-09-05 09:50:54

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/10448958/v1.1.2 KOST-Tools v1.1.2]

by Chlara

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2025-03-18 14:30:32

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/9501f2c012ec8358310003f7afd1ac21be654f49 KOST-Tools v1.2.0.1 (Manual)]

by Chlara https://github.com/Chlara

2025-03-06 15:06:43

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/5a6cf79fdd138057d9dff9f173741bcd906fa807 KOST-Tools v1.2.0.0 (Manual)]

by Chlara https://github.com/Chlara

2025-02-25 17:16:12

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/f7ea0036e9438b80e6290d044d56673a9ed900b4 KOST-Tools v1.2.0.0 (SIARD)]

by Chlara https://github.com/Chlara

2025-02-25 17:14:52

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/815cbac623a7786015865ab01aa29e334df16429 KOST-Tools v1.2.0.0 (Bugfix)]

by Chlara https://github.com/Chlara

2025-02-11 09:18:43

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/315bb4881e9c9437cc392ba44f56a5b2b98219f8 KOST-Tools v1.2.0.0 (egovdv + optimiert)]

by Chlara https://github.com/Chlara