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DROID

Created by Peter May on Dec 09, 2011 · last edited by Andrew Jackson · on Nov 07, 2013 (view history) · 9 versions

Summary

Purpose	Digital Record Object IDentification (DROID): Automatic file format identification tool.
Homepage	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/projects-and-work/droid.htm
Source Code Repository	http://digital-preservation.github.com/droid/
License	New BSD License
Debian Package	http://packages.debian.org/stable/package

Description

Automated batch identification of file formats using internal and external signatures. Signatures are stored in an XML signature file generated from the PRONOM technical registry.

User Experiences

e.g. links to AQuA/SCAPE/Hackathon issues that use the tool

News Feeds

PRONOM updates

Release notes: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pronom/release-notes.xml
DROID signature files: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pronom/droid-signature-files.htm
Example direct link to a Format Record: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/fmt/353.xml

Release Feed

Link to any RSS feed that is updated when new releases occur, if any, e.g:

DROID (Files from DROID [2014-10-31] This project is obsolete, for latest version (6.1.3) see GitHub https://github.com/digital-preservation/droid (source) and http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/preserving-digital-records/droid/ (binary) DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) is an automatic file format identification tool. It is the first in a planned series of tools developed by The National Archives under the umbrella of its PRONOM technical registry service. [2013-01-24] The binary download of the latest version of DROID has now been moved to The National Archives website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/projects-and-work/droid.htm The source code for the latest version of DROID remains available via Github: http://digital-preservation.github.com/droid/ [2012-09-07] DROID 6.1 has been released. New project hosting for the project can be found on GitHub: http://digital-preservation.github.com/droid/)
/droid-src/6.0/droid-source-6.01.zip /droid-src/6.0/droid-source-6.01.zip
/droid/6.0/droid-6.01.zip /droid/6.0/droid-6.01.zip
/droid-src/5.0.3/droid-source-5.0.3-src.zip /droid-src/5.0.3/droid-source-5.0.3-src.zip
/droid-technical/Technical Documentation/Signature File Documentation/DROID_SignatureFile_V35.xml /droid-technical/Technical Documentation/Signature File Documentation/DROID_SignatureFile_V35.xml
/droid-technical/Technical Documentation/DROID 5.0 Documentation/DROID 5 Installation.pdf /droid-technical/Technical Documentation/DROID 5.0 Documentation/DROID 5 Installation.pdf
/droid/5.0.3/droid-binary-5.0.3-bin.zip /droid/5.0.3/droid-binary-5.0.3-bin.zip
/droid/4.0.0/droid-4.0.0-jre1.6.0_07-linux.tar.gz /droid/4.0.0/droid-4.0.0-jre1.6.0_07-linux.tar.gz

Activity Feed

Link to any RSS feed that is updated when issue or code updates occur, if any, e.g:

Activity for DROID (Recent activity for DROID)
DROID released /OldFiles/DROID_SignatureFile_V16.xml