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== Description == <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. --> Utility to enable the creation of DROID compatible signature files using PRONOM regular expression syntax. The tool outputs in an XML format compatible with DROID 4 upwards (including DROID 5 and 6). Three sequences can be combined to create a single file format signature. Signature files can be concatenated manually if more complex collections are required for testing. === Version 2: FFDev.info === [https://github.com/exponential-decay/signature-development-utility Version 2] of the utility was released in October 2020. The utility adds support for Container Signature sequences. The first iteration is bootstrapped to the original utility which has already been well proven. ==== Hosting ==== Version 2 is hosted on: * http://ffdev.info === Version 1: PRONOM signature development utility === The original code for version 1 of the utility is still available in a [https://github.com/exponential-decay/signature-development-utility/tree/signature-development-utility-1.0 branch on Github]. ==== Hosting ==== Version 1 is hosted at exponentialdecay.co.uk and The National Archives, UK: * [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/sigdev/index.htm Signature development utility at The National Archives, UK] * [http://exponentialdecay.co.uk/sd/index.htm Signature development utility at exponentialdecay.co.uk] == Using its Output == === DROID === The signature development utility output can be directly uploaded to DROID via its 'Install Signature File' mechanism. Be sure to then select the new file from 'Preferences'. Container signatures need to be added via the users /home/<username>/.droid6 directory. On Windows the user's home folder can be found under Users in 'C:'. === Siegfried === [http://coptr.digipres.org/Siegfried Siegfried] is a useful tool for testing because it can combine a new signature file from this utility with all the other signatures in the PRONOM corpus, plus its many others. ==== Instructions for Linux ==== We use a utility called Roy to extend signature files. This is installed alongside Siegfried. To extend a signature file to include a custom signature file, we need to make sure that there is a 'custom' folder, where Roy can find it. We will need our signature to be on a path that looks as follows: <pre>/home/{username}/siegfried/custom/{custom-dev-sig}.xml</pre> Extending the signature file can then be completed in two stages: <pre>1) Roy harvest</pre> This will download PRONOM signature file reports. This is the most accurate way to run Siegfried. An alternative is to let Siegfried parse the DROID signature file, but this has shown to lead to some inconsistencies where PRONOM and DROID do not reflect each other entirely. <pre>2) Roy build -extend {custom-dev-sig}.xml</pre> Try Siegfried on a single file of the format we have created the signature for: <pre>3) sf {custom-dev-format}.{ext}</pre> The result will be: <pre>--- siegfried : 1.7.6 scandate : 2017-10-25T23:35:31+13:00 signature : default.sig created : 2017-10-25T23:23:59+13:00 identifiers : - name : 'pronom' details : 'DROID_SignatureFile_V91.xml; container-signature-20170330.xml; extensions: {custom-dev-sig}.xml' --- filename : '{custom-dev-format}.{ext}' filesize : 1492992 modified : 2017-10-22T16:02:13+13:00 errors : matches : - ns : 'pronom' id : 'dev/1' format : '{custom-dev-format}' version : '1.0' mime : 'application/{custom-dev-format}' basis : 'extension match img; byte match at 1024, 32' warning : </pre> === RDF === The tool's output suggests a potential RDF representation of a DROID signature ('''NB.''' this is a version 1 option only). RDF from the utility looks as follows: <pre> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rdf:RDF xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" xmlns:sigdev="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/sigdev/signature/" xmlns:bytes="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/sigdev/signature/byteSequence/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"> <sigdev:DevelopmentSignature rdf:about="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/sigdev/signature/ddc3ab7d-db41-49c5-b3fa-262ad83dd703"> <rdfs:label>Development Signature</rdfs:label> <sigdev:version>1.0</sigdev:version> <sigdev:extension>ext</sigdev:extension> <sigdev:internetMediaType>text/x-test-signature</sigdev:internetMediaType> <sigdev:puid>dev/1</sigdev:puid> <sigdev:byteSequence> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/sigdev/signature/byteSequence/228c0626-3e0d-40bc-98d3-d897a21b20e1/1"> <bytes:string rdf:datatype="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/preservation/sigdev/signature/droidRegularExpression">255044462D312E34</bytes:string> <bytes:anchor>BOFoffset</bytes:anchor> <bytes:offset rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer">0</bytes:offset> <bytes:maxOffset rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer">0</bytes:maxOffset> </rdf:Description> </sigdev:byteSequence> </sigdev:DevelopmentSignature> </rdf:RDF> </pre> This can be used to generate a graph visualization of a signature, and provides another serialization of a DROID signature that could potentially be consumed by tools in the future. == User experiences == <!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. Use a bullet list. --> * [http://digital-archiving.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/my-first-file-format-signature.html Jenny Mitcham creates her first signature using the Signature Development Utility] * [http://openpreservation.org/blog/2016/09/08/making-the-switch-from-user-to-user-and-contributor-my-first-file-format-signature/ Andrea K. Byrne creates her first signature using the Signature Development Utility] == Additional reading == * [https://openpreservation.org/blogs/pronom-research-week-signature-development-utility-2-0-ffdev-info/ information about ffdev.info on openpreservation.org] == Development activity == <!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. --> All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/exponential-decay/signature-development-utility/commits ==== Activity feed ==== Below the last 5 commits: <rss max=5>https://github.com/exponential-decay/signature-development-utility/commits/bootstrap-utility-1.0.atom</rss> <!-- Add the Ohloh.com ID for the tool, if known. -->