PET (PERICLES Extraction Tool)

A tool to capture contextual information in a sheer curation scenario
Homepage:	https://github.com/pericles-project/pet
License:	Apache 2
Platforms:	Cross-platform
Language:	Java

Description

The PERICLES Extraction Tool (PET) is an open source (Apache 2 licensed) Java software for the extraction of significant information from the environment where digital objects are created and modified. This information supports object use and reuse, e.g. for a better long-term preservation of data.For the main part of the metadata extraction PET uses Apache TIKA and some other moduls which are:

• CPU specification snapshot
• CPU usage monitoring
• Calculate file checksum
• Create custom executable command (file dependent)
• Create custom executable command (file independent)
• Directory Monitor Module
• FQDN
• File identification
• File store information (java.nio.file)
• File store information (sigar)
• File system information snapshot
• Google chrome opened tabs monitoring
• Graphic System properties snapshot
• Graphic card information module
• Installed software snapshot
• Java installation information snapshot
• LSOF use monitor
• List of network interfaces
• Log expression grep
• MediaInfoCommand
• Memory monitoring
• Network information
• OS X Spotlight Command module
• Office document dependencies
• Operating System properties snapshot
• PDF Font dependencies
• Posix file information monitoring
• Process parameter
• Process statistics monitoring
• Regex text search
• Screenshot module
• System resources snapshot
• System swap monitoring
• TCP statistics monitoring
• Uptime
• Who (user, host, device, time)
• Windows Handle monitoring daemon
• XML xPath expression

The Tool was developed entirely for the PERICLES EU project http://www.pericles-project.eu/ by Fabio Corubolo, University of Liverpool, and Anna Eggers, Göttingen State and University Library.

A more detailed description can be found in this blog post.

Development Activity

Release Feed

2016-01-21 15:01:34

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/22834235/1.2.1 Version 1.2.1 - Updated libraries]

by corubolo

2016-01-21 10:45:52

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/22834235/1.2 1.2]

by anna-g-arbeiter

2015-01-29 16:11:29

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/22834235/1.1.1 Version 1.1.1]

by corubolo

2015-01-26 16:29:01

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/22834235/1.1 Bugfix release]

by corubolo

2014-10-30 09:37:26

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/22834235/1.0 First binary release of PET tool]

by corubolo