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Format Identification

Added by Carl Wilson · last edited by Andrew Jackson · on Jan 25, 2012 (view change)

Format Identification is the determination of the format of a Byte sequence. Format is the ordering and encoding of information so that it can be interpreted by rendering software.

Sites
Forensics Wiki

Useful Wikipedia Links
File format
List of file signatures
List of file formats

Tools

Tools tagged 'identification'
Page: DROID — Digital Record Object IDentification (DROID): Automatic file format identification tool. Labels: characterisation, identification, java, tool
Page: Fido — FIDO (Format Identification for Digital Objects) is a simple format identification CLI tool for digital objects that uses PRONOM signatures converted to regular expressions. Labels: python, characterisation, identification, tool
Page: JHOVE — Provides functions to perform format-specific identification, validation, and characterisation of digital objects. Labels: tool, characterisation, validation, identification
Page: NARA File Analyzer and Metadata Harvester — NARA File Analyzer and Metadata Harvester allows a user to analyze the contents of a file system or external drive and generates statistics about the contents of the contained directories. Labels: characterisation, identification, metadata, extraction, fixity, tool
Page: Tika — Detects and extracts metadata and text content from documents. Labels: characterisation, java, identification, extraction, tool