Revision as of 13:45, 26 January 2015

Description

	KOST-Val is an open source validator for different file formats.
Homepage:	http://kost-ceco.ch/cms/index.php?kost_val_de
License:	GPL V3
Platforms:	should run under Java 1.6 on Windows
Input Formats:	Template:Format, Template:Format, Template:Format/AProperty "Input format" (as page type) with input value "Template:Format]]/A" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process., Template:Format and SIPProperty "Input format" (as page type) with input value "Template:Format]] and SIP" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.

The KOST-Val application is used to validate Template:Format, Template:Format, Template:Format/A, Template:Format files and Submission Information Package (SIP).

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

SIARD format

SIARD stands for Software Independent Archiving of Relational Databases. Originally the Swiss Federal Archives (SFA) have developed the SIARD format as a sustainable solution for the archiving of relations databases.

In early 2013 SIARD format has been adopted as an eCH Standard (eCH-0165: SIARD format specification http://www.ech.ch/vechweb/page?p=dossier&documentNumber=eCH-0165).

eCH is the Swiss organization for standardization in the field of e-government. eCH Standards define guidelines for recurring applications and their results, as for example format definitions or procedural standards. The aim of those standards is to unify and thus facilitate the electronic collaboration between authorities as well as between authorities and organizations, educational and research institutions, firms and private organizations.

Third-party applications

The TIFF validation module uses JHOVE and evaluates its output further.
For the PDF/A validation module PDF-A Manager or 3-Heights(TM) PDF Validator are used.
The JP2 validation module uses Jpylyzer and translates the failed tests into appropriate error messages (DE/FR/EN).
For the file format identification DROID is used. For performance and granularity reasons an own SignatureFile is used instead of the official PRONOM registry.

Read Me

The KOST-Val application is used to validate TIFF, SIARD, PDF/A, JP2 files and Submission Information Package (SIP).

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 https://github.com/KOST-CECO/KOST-Val/releases. For installation instructions please check the manual (DE/FR/EN).

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

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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:

2025-10-29 14:06:25: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/10448958/v1.2.2.0 KOST-Tools v1.2.2.0]; by Chlara
2025-08-28 15:43:02: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/10448958/v1.2.1.1 KOST-Tools v1.2.1.1]; by Chlara
2025-08-18 10:08:41: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/10448958/KOST-Tools_v1.2.1.0 KOST-Tools v1.2.1.0]; 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

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 * The TIFF validation module uses [[JHOVE (Harvard Object Validation Environment)| JHOVE]] and evaluates its output further.
 * For the PDF/A validation module [[PDFTron PDF-A Manager|PDF-A Manager]] or [[3-Heights(TM) PDF Validator]] are used.
-* For the JP2 validation module [[Jpylyzer]] is used.
+* The JP2 validation module uses [[Jpylyzer]] and translates the failed tests into appropriate error messages (DE/FR/EN).
 * For the file format identification [[DROID_(Digital_Record_Object_Identification)|DROID]] is used. For performance and granularity reasons an own SignatureFile is used instead of the official PRONOM registry.

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