The Next-Generation Architecture for Format-Aware Characterization.
JHOVE2 is open source software for format-aware characterization of digital objects. JHOVE2 analyzes digital objects with these questions:
- What is it? (Identification)
- What about it? (Feature extraction)
- What is it, really? (Validation)
- So what? (Assessment)
See our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for more information.
The original JHOVE characterization framework is widely used by international digital library programs and preservation repositories. During the course 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 and 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.
- About JHOVE2
- User's guide v2.0.0 (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Modules
- StyleSheets
- Architecture
- Functional Requirements
- [Use Cases](http://bitbucket.org/jhove2/main/wiki/documents/JHOVE2UseCases.doc|Use cases) (MS Word)
- SGML & XML Catalog Files
- Programmer's guide v2.0.0 (PDF)
- Developer Templates
- Memory Management
- Modules
- Functional Requirements
- UML Diagrams
- Use of JAVA Reflection and Annotations in JHOVE2
- Setting up a JHOVE2 Eclipse Project on Windows v1.01 (PDF)
- Handbook for JHOVE2 Code Project Collaboration and Release Builds:
- [[JHOVE2-Downloads|Latest Software Distribution]] v2.1.0 (2013-03-18)
- Latest source code releases
- Mailing lists
- JHOVE2-Announce-L: Public announcements of general interest
- JHOVE2-Techtalk-L: Technical discussion, error reports, and suggestions
- Community Activities (3rd-party module development, etc.)
- Project objectives and scope
- Project Participants and Advisory Board
- Public Presentations on JHOVE2
- Project Background
- Glossary of JHOVE2 terms and concepts
- User Survey results
- Bibliography
- Links to other resources