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Name / Title

DROID

Brief Description

A software tool designed to perform automated batch identification of file formats. The tool can also generate checksums and collect file level metadata.

Is this a complete system, a service or a tool?

Tool

Software Type

Freeware

URL for Resource

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/projects-and-work/droid.htm

Alternate / Free Version URL

Code: http://digital-preservation.github.com/droid/

Creating body / Developer / Publisher

UK National Archives

Date of Latest Revision

24-Apr-13

Other Notes

Can be used as a stand alone tool or built into systems or processes.

Topics

File Characterization, Metadata

Institutional Implementation

Minnesota State Archives

Date Resource Added/Modified

December 05, 2018

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