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What short name does OAIS use for an information package that is used for archiving?
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== Description == <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. --> MDQC ('''M'''eta'''D'''ata '''Q'''uality '''C'''ontrol) is a tool for rules-based comparisons of metadata between assets and user-set templates. MDQC uses ExifTool and MediaInfo to extract technical and descriptive metadata, which can be used to define rule templates and compare large collections of digital assets against these rules. === Provider === MDQC was developed and is maintained by [http://weareavp.com AVP]. == User Experiences == <!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. --> Paper including case studies on MDQC: [http://practicaltechnologyforarchives.org/issue2_duryee_lyons/ "Two Open-Source Tools for Digital Asset Metadata Management"] by Alexander Duryee and Bertram Lyons == Development Activity == <!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. --> The source is available on [https://www.github.com/avpreserve/mdqc Github]