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Software Notes
DROID can perform identification of file formats. Formats are based on PUIDs (Persistent Unique Identifiers). One benefit of PUIDs is it provides the version of a format, for example Acrobat PDF 1.6 - Portable Document Format. See PRONOM technical registry for complete list of formats supported.
Droid user guide: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/droid-user-guide.pdf
Settings
To show MD5 select Tools > Preferences > Profile Defaults > Check box next to Generate hash for each file
Generate Report
- Press Add button
- Navigate to folder of files; check box next to Include sub-folders and press OK
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This may take some time depending on the number of files. For large collections (over hundreds of files) recommend running report overnight. |
Adjust the throttle to increase speed and see status of report at bottom of screen
4. Review files
- Formats should match project parameters
- Confirm file extension is not mis matched. Values for field EXTENSION_MISMATCH should be FALSE
Export Report
1 Output report as CSV file by pressing the Export Button
2. At export profile window:
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select profile to export
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one row per file,
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encoding set to UTF 8
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and press Export Profiles button
3. Enter filename with CSV as extension (e.g. sallyport-droid.CSV) and save to desired location