Hey #digipres people with knowledge on image data - is there a reason why #JHOVE reports RGB JPEG images as having a YCbCr color space, but CMYK JPEGs as being CMYK (and not YCCK)? Is it a consistency issue, or am I missing something?

Digital preservation at the coalface: or how I learned that glamping doesn’t always involve the vast wilderness

by @beet_keeper

The last Friday of March this year, I was invited by Elizabeth Kata at the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to give a presentation at the Vienna Institute for Historical Research (Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung). I don’t have a transcript for that day or a complete set of notes that I followed, but here is the essence of the talk. In it, Reflecting on community and self-development in digital preservation; I touch upon, among other things, community, recognizing privilege, and finding value and meaning in digital records.

I began and ended the talk by singing two Waiata, an important part of my previous role at Archives New Zealand. 

Te Manaaki taonga

Te Manaaki taonga
E whakarauika ana I te tini e
E ranga ana I te tira
Hei huruhuru moo te manu ka rere
Hei Poutuumaaro mo te kainga 
Tuituinga koorero tuituinga tangata
Manaaki taaonga manaaki tangata
(Tane chant: Tuituinga koorero tuituinga tangata.
Manaaki taaonga manaki tangata – Hi!)
(Last time Wahine join chant: manaaki tangata – Hi!)

The value/prestige in protecting treasures
They gather/connect the people like the gathering of fish
They weave the party/masses
To be like feathers of a bird that takes flight
To be a strong pillar for our home
The sewing of stories, the sewing of people
The protection of treasures the protection of people

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Swing by the morning poster previews today at #iPRES2025. As co-Chair of the interest group, @mickylindlar (and Lotte Wijsman) will be representing our BY JHOVE! Explain Yourself poster, which celebrates our 1st year. Stop by, say hi, and join our #JHOVE efforts! https://openpreservation.org/resources/member-groups/jhove-special-interest-group/

Question for the #digipres community, for #PDF validation why choose #pdfcpu over #JHOVE? I’m running pdfcpu I’m down to just over 1000 invalid files out of 175K files vs nearly 10K well formed but not valid files when running JHOVE.

When I run #JHOVE with text output I’m getting significantly more ‘Well-formed, but not valid’ #pdf files than when I run it with #json output. Has anyone else seen this? I’m running it on 175K files. #digipres #digitalpreservation

I’m using a lot of #bash #scripting and #python when using #JHOVE at scale to validate my large #pdf pile. It’s been fun! #digipres

Have @BertrandCaron’s slides been shared yet? #digipres #JHOVE