BagIt

BagIt File Packaging Format

BagIt is a hierarchical file packaging format for the exchange of generalized digital content. A "bag" has just enough structure to safely enclose descriptive "tags" and a "payload" but does not require any knowledge of the payload's internal semantics. This BagIt format should be suitable for disk-based or network-based storage and transfer.

Implementations

Library of Congress

• BagIt Software Tools and Documentation (Python, Java)
• Video
• A RESTful BagIt server
• Bagger : a cross-platform GUI for creating and performing operations on bags according to the BagIt Specification.

Florida Center for Library Automation

• RubyBagIt (Ruby) (was http://rubyforge.org/projects/bagit/)

Andrew Hankinson:

• PYBagIt (Python)
• Documentation

Mark Jordan

• BagIt module for Drupal

Ed Summers

• bagit (Python)

University of Virginia

• Scholars' Lab BagItPHP Library