#jhove

[nctrnm]

NctrnmFM(nctrnm.com): "come home" by steezy prime, Jhove.

[deadbilly]

[amheng-osa]

One of the best Lofi tracks I’ve heard.

[littlecajunlady]

Been a while - Jhove

[queerwyrd]

with you//jhove

[gmcgath]

How to approach the file format validation problem

How to approach the file format validation problem

For years I wrote most of the code for JHOVE. With each format, I wrote tests for whether a file is “well-formed” and “valid.” With most formats, I never knew exactly what these terms meant. They come from XML, where they have clear meanings. A well-formed XML file has correct syntax. Angle brackets and quote marks match. Closing tags match opening tags. A valid file is well-formed and follows…

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[gmcgath]

What are "positives" in format validation?

What are “positives” in format validation?

Articles about JHOVE, such as Good GIF Hunting, grab my attention for obvious reasons. This article talks about false positive and negative results, and got me to thinking: What constitutes a “positive” result in file format validation? There are two ways to look at it: The default assumption is that the file is of a certain format, perhaps based on its extension, MIME type, or other metadata.…

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[gmcgath]

JHOVE webinar

An Open Preservation Foundation webinar, “Putting JHOVE to the acid test: A PDF test-set for well-formedness validation in JHOVE,” will be held on November 21, 10 AM GMT (that’s 11 AM in Central Europe and a ludicrous 5 AM or earlier in the US). The email which I received says: In digital preservation we rely on automation and tools for some of our most crucial tasks like format identification…

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