Format Validation
Format Validation
Format Validator represents the family of utilities that validates formats of a file. The system saves the validation results to the DNX and updates the fileValidation section, which holds both general information on the plug-in run and the results of the format validation.
- The validator must be associated with a format in the format library in order to run.
- The plug-in is executed by the TechMD extraction and Add Representation TechMD extraction tasks when the task parameter Technical MD extraction only is disabled (cleared).
Plug-in Parameters
Depending on the specific implementation, a plug-in may or may not require parameters. If the plug-in does require parameters, they are populated during installation of a new instance of the plug-in.
Usage
The association of a format validator to a format is done at the format level (format library). For a format validator to be available at the format level, it should be assigned to the same Classification Group that the format is assigned to
Format Validator Plug-In Management
After the format validator is assigned to a classification, it is listed in the Related Format Validators folder of that classification group.
Format Validator Tools
The same list of format validators is also available in the Format Validators drop-down list at the format level for all formats belonging to the same classification.
Format Validator Drop-down Menu
Implementations
Rosetta includes the following implementations of the Format Validator plug-in using JHOVE:
- BYTESTREAM-hul
- ASCII-hul
- AIFF-hul
- HTML-hul
- JPEG2000-hul
- PDF-hul
- JPEG-hul
- GIF-hul
- TIFF-hul
- UTF8-hul
- WAVE-hul
- XML-hul