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The Next-Generation Architecture for Format-Aware Characterization

About JHOVE2

The original JHOVE characterization framework is widely used by international digital library programs and preservation repositories. During the couse of its extensive use over the past four years, however, a number of limitations imposed by idiosyncrasies of design and implementation have been identified. With funding from the Library of Congress under its National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the California Digital Library, Portico, and Stanford University are collaborating on a two year project to develop and deploy a next-generation architecture providing enhanced performance, streamlined APIs, and significant new features. The JHOVE2 project generalizes the concept of format characterization to include identification, validation, feature extraction, and policy-based assessment. The target of this characterization is not a simple digital file, but a (potentially) complex digital object that may be instantiated in multiple files.

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JHOVE2 FAQ
Project objectives and scope
Project partners and advisory board
Public presentations on JHOVE2

Project background
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JHOVE2 documentation

Use cases
Functional requirements
Architecture - coming soon

JHOVE2 community

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- Technical discussion, error reports, and suggestions should be submitted to the "JHOVE2-Techtalk-L" list
Download/software distribution notes - coming soon
Opportunities to be involved - coming soon