Blogs: validation

Disclaimer: I am by no means an expert on TIFF (or anything else). This blog (series) is me sharing my recent look into TIFF errors. Please feel free to comment, point out errors, suggest better fixes, etc. At the end of the day, we’re all in this together and here to learn from each other! […]

The latest release of JHOVE is formed of the contributions made by the software’s global user community. Many of the new features and bug fixes were the outcome of the OPF’s development and document hack weeks, which aimed to celebrate and encourage meaningful contributions to open source software. In this webinar will provide a user’s […]

This webinar will provide a user’s guide as to what’s changed in the latest version of Jypylyzer. We will cover: Fixes and new features in the new major version, including:  Change to output format  The addition of raw codestream validation functionality  Updated Debian packaging  Compliance with PEP8 and PEP257  Automated build process for Windows binaries […]

Prendre en charge correctement du JPEG 32 bits Une histoire haute en couleur d’Alix Bruys, Bertrand Caron, Yannick Grandcolas et Thomas Ledoux de la Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) [Note : This blog is the french version of the JPEG got the Blues blog] Le contexte : acquisition de photographies nativement numériques de théâtres parisiens […]

Properly Rendering 32-bits JPEG A colorful story by Alix Bruys, Bertrand Caron, Yannick Grandcolas and Thomas Ledoux from the National Library of France (BnF) [Note : Ce billet existe en version française sous le titre Le blues du JPEG.] The Context: Acquired Born-Digital Photographs of Parisian Theaters On October the 20th of 2017, the Department […]

This webinar will provide a user’s guide as to what’s changed in the latest version of v1.14. We will cover: What are the fixes and new features in veraPDF: border cases in PDF/A validation performance and interface improvements documentation clean up What does this mean for users? How do you report a bug or request […]

OPF Hack Week Summary It’s now over two weeks since the OPF JHOVE Hack Week finished, though following the Easter break it doesn’t feel that long ago. The OPF are currently reviewing and merging the contributions we received. The review seems a good opportunity to write a quick blog post to give an overview of […]

Following the success of our previous JHOVE hack days, we will be running two online hack weeks during 2019. The first, which will take place on 8-12 April, will focus on development. We are planning a second hack week in September, with a goal to update and create new documentation. What’s the goal? The aim […]

A second JHOVE release candidate is available today, 2 April 2019. It contains fixes for the following bugs found in the first test phase. Please download the new release candidate and report any issues by 9 April. While refactoring the repetition in the module checksumming, a bug was introduced in the XML module. This prevented […]

This half-day workshop will provide participants with an understanding of what JHOVE does, how to install and configure the software and how to interpret the results. JHOVE is an open source file format identification, validation and characterisation tool for digital preservation, and part of the OPF reference toolset. It can be used by itself or […]