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DROID uses the PRONOM [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pronom/droid-signature-files.htm signature files] to perform format identification. Like PRONOM, it was [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/policy-process/digital-continuity/file-profiling-tool-droid/ developed by the National Archives of the UK]. Written in Java, XML.
 
DROID uses the PRONOM [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pronom/droid-signature-files.htm signature files] to perform format identification. Like PRONOM, it was [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/policy-process/digital-continuity/file-profiling-tool-droid/ developed by the National Archives of the UK]. Written in Java, XML.
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== PRONOM ==
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=== PRONOM ===
 
The format information held in PRONOM is what powers [[DROID (Digital Record Object Identification)]]. Both are maintained by the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ UK's National Archives].
 
The format information held in PRONOM is what powers [[DROID (Digital Record Object Identification)]]. Both are maintained by the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ UK's National Archives].
  
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* [[Nanite]] and [[Fido]] identification tools
 
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* [[Siegfried]] identification tool
  
 
Although the information and website are made freely available under the Open Government License, the underlying software engine that powers PRONOM is proprietary.
 
Although the information and website are made freely available under the Open Government License, the underlying software engine that powers PRONOM is proprietary.
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=== The PRONOM Web API ===
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===== The PRONOM Web API =====
 
The website is oriented towards manual browsing, but note that each PRONOM registry entry as a permalink, like this:  
 
The website is oriented towards manual browsing, but note that each PRONOM registry entry as a permalink, like this:  
  
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= User Experiences =
 
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* [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/daat_file_format_tools_report.pdf Digital Asset Assessment Tool - Assessment of file format testing tools].
 
* [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/daat_file_format_tools_report.pdf Digital Asset Assessment Tool - Assessment of file format testing tools].
 
* Comparing how [[Apache Tika]] and DROID perform HTML identification: [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/webarchive/2014/07/how-much-of-the-uk-html-is-valid.html How much of the UK's HTML is valid?]
 
* Comparing how [[Apache Tika]] and DROID perform HTML identification: [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/webarchive/2014/07/how-much-of-the-uk-html-is-valid.html How much of the UK's HTML is valid?]
 
* [http://openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-06-03-analysis-engine-droid-csv-export An Analysis Engine for the DROID CSV Export]
 
* [http://openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-06-03-analysis-engine-droid-csv-export An Analysis Engine for the DROID CSV Export]
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* '''KOST-CECO:''' Used in [[KOST-Val]] for the file format identification. For performance and granularity reasons an own SignatureFile is used instead of the official PRONOM registry.
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* '''FITS (File Information Tool Set):''' Used in [[FITS (File Information Tool Set)|FITS]]
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= Development Activity =
 
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All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/digital-preservation/droid/commits
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=== Release Feed ===
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Below the last 3 release feeds:
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<rss max=3>https://github.com/digital-preservation/droid/releases.atom</rss>
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=== Activity Feed ===
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<rss max=5>https://github.com/digital-preservation/droid/commits/master.atom</rss>
  
 
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Revision as of 10:37, 30 October 2017

DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) is a software tool developed to perform automated batch identification of file formats.
Homepage:http://digital-preservation.github.io/droid/
License:BSD License
Platforms:Java 6 Standard Edition
Appears in COW:Abrdn Digital Preservation Workflow, Creating a SIP from content downloaded from OneDrive (or other Cloud based source), Digital archiving workflow (high-level), Ingest and AIP creation, LAC Pre-Ingest Workflow, Workflow for ingesting digitized books into a digital archive


Description

DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) is a software tool developed to perform automated batch identification of file formats. DROID is designed to meet the fundamental requirement of any digital repository to be able to identify the precise format of all stored digital objects, and to link that identification to a central registry of technical information about that format and its dependencies.

DROID uses the PRONOM signature files to perform format identification. Like PRONOM, it was developed by the National Archives of the UK. Written in Java, XML.


PRONOM

The format information held in PRONOM is what powers DROID (Digital Record Object Identification). Both are maintained by the UK's National Archives.

DROID downloads the latest signature files from PRONOM, and those are used to drive the identification process. See the PRONOM release notes.

A number of other tools and registries have been based around the PRONOM data. These include:

Although the information and website are made freely available under the Open Government License, the underlying software engine that powers PRONOM is proprietary.


The PRONOM Web API

The website is oriented towards manual browsing, but note that each PRONOM registry entry as a permalink, like this: 

   http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/fmt/579

and furthermore, by appending '.xml' to the URL for any entry, the data can be recovered as XML: 

   http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/fmt/579.xml

User Experiences


Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/digital-preservation/droid/commits


Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2023-09-11 13:43:58
[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4737996/droid-6.7.0 6.7.0 Release]
by sparkhi
2023-08-31 11:34:49
[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4737996/droid-6.7.0-RC5 6.7.0 Release Candidate 5]
by sparkhi
2023-08-17 11:57:20
[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4737996/droid-6.7.0-RC4 6.7.0 Release Candidate 4]
by sparkhi


Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2024-04-16 07:59:12
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/b9b5b08021cb15e7cf07c3a104b507dcf3e40788 build(deps): bump com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin:download-maven…]
by dependabot https://github.com/dependabot
2024-04-15 11:01:23
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/f6e9b716fdca60d9cd1006f6f24919d7cecd9e26 build(deps): bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin (#1047)]
by dependabot https://github.com/dependabot
2024-04-12 15:22:04
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/b3ce1da4b17fac623c3b62fefcb9cba675cabfc3 build(deps): bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin (#1088)]
by dependabot https://github.com/dependabot
2024-04-12 13:14:47
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/da5be9e8207f06b9d14155d60d8eccd39d929a12 build(deps): bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin (#1034)]
by dependabot https://github.com/dependabot
2024-04-12 09:26:33
[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/61d181bb2d9d6342e74d7407c77758b216106ecd Implementation for the export template work. (#1081)]
by sparkhi https://github.com/sparkhi

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