identification of unknown formats - library of congress

[jimspoon]

Earlier I posted info about DROID, a program that examines the contents of files and identifies what kind of files they are. I should have posted that in this Off-topic discussion board.

Anyway I just stumbled on another possibly relevant link. DROID is an effort by the UK Public Record Office but the USA Library of Congress has something going on too. Check this out:

Alphabetical List of Format Descriptions - Sustainability of Digital Formats | Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digita ... list.shtml

Just an example - I looked at the entry for PFC files and it is very detailed - with links that may help in viewing / converting the files:
https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digita ... 0456.shtml

[raccoon]

I still intend to look it over. Right now I'm poking at FFPROBE for metadata on media files. I'm really interested in validating filetypes, data streams, and extracting metadata. And detecting embedded hidden content (see: steganography).

[void]

Thank you for the Alphabetical List of Format Descriptions link.