homebrew-digipres

This is a set of homebrew formulae for digital preservation tools.

To install, you first need to: brew tap mistydemeo/digipres

Contributing

Fork this repository on Github
Create a new local branch (git checkout -b mybranch)
brew edit the formula, or brew create a new one and place it in the repository in /usr/local/Library/Taps/mistydemeo-digipres
git add your file, then git commit with a descriptive commit message
git push your local branch to Github
Submit a pull request

And I'll merge it! Thanks!

Available tools

avi-metaedit

AVI metadata editing tool from NARA.

DROID

File identification tool from the National Archives (UK), based on information from PRONOM.

dvanalyzer

Tool for analyzing the properties of captured DV video.

fidget

Tool for creation of new file identification signatures, from Open Planets.

JHOVE

JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment, intended to identify and validate the correctness of digital objects.

JHOVE2

Next-generation version of JHOVE.

Metadata Extraction Tool

Metadata extraction tool developed by the National Library of New Zealand.

percipio

"Yet another file identification tool", with the ability to refine its own file signatures through scanning known-good files.

siegfried

PRONOM signature-based identification tool.