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Ross Spencer Jul 9, 2023

What information is in a file format identification report?

In early 2022, I was finally able to get around to writing a paper that I had been thinking about for the better part of a decade. The paper, “Fractal in Detail: What Information Is in a File Format Identification Report?” was published in the Code4Lib journal Issue 53.

The paper takes a deep dive into the fractal contents of file format identification reports exported from tools like Siegfried and DROID.

Let’s take a brief look the article and its contents below.

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#code4lib #code4libJournal #digipres #digitalPreservation #droid #fileFormatAnalysis #fileFormatIdentification #fileFormats #filedriller #formatIdentification #freud #linting #metadata #preservationMetadata #pronom #puid #puids #siegfried #staticAnalysis #technicalMetadata

Kate Murray Jan 22, 2025

SUPER excited to announce a new fdd, FIRST ONE ever from Liz Caringola, on PAR (Parity Volume Set File Format Family - fdd634). We/Liz even submitted for the #PUID in #PRONOM and we'll do this as part of our workflow from now on. This format was a popular discussion topic with lots of community input. Comments always welcome but mostly if they say Go Liz! Great job! Woot! https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000634.shtml #digipres #fileformats

Parity Volume Set File Format Family

Format Description for PAR_Family -- PAR is an open-source file format designed to accompany a set of files intended for transfer or storage. Using a PAR client, the PAR files can verify the data integrity of the set of files and, if needed, repair corrupted files or reconstruct missing files.

Kate Murray Aug 23, 2023

MySQL Table Definition Format (https://loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000623.shtml; https://loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fddXML/fdd000623.xml) maps to
@wikidata
Q59653966; #PRONOM #PUID fmt/868;
@USNatArchives
NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID NF00340

MySQL View Definition Format (https://loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000627.shtml; https://loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fddXML/fdd000627.xml). No matches to be found.

Curious about what's coming up? See https://loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd_workplan.shtml. Monthly FDD/PUID/QID mapping update: https://loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd_puid_qid.shtml.