A characterization tool for digital objects. Characterisation is comprised of four elements;" identifying the object's format; validating that the object conforms to its format's technical norms;, extracting technical metadata from the object; and assessing whether the object should be accepted into a repository, based on policies set by the curator. https";//bitbucket.org/jhove2/main/wiki/Home
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