ExifTool

Properties extraction, identification, metadata editing
Homepage:	http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
License:	Distributed under same terms as Perl language (GNU GPL or 'Artistic license')
Appears in COW:	Validation Error Analysis and Treatment for PDF-hul 133 Invalid date

Description

Metadata / feature extraction and editing tool. Supports many formats; mainly still image formats but also documents and various audio and video formats. Although ExifTool is not a validator, it often reports useful information in case of defective files.

User Experiences

• KOST-CECO: Used in the Conversion Guide (http://www.kost-ceco.ch/cms/index.php?preservation_tiff_de) of invalid TIFF files according to KOST-Val.

Development Activity

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