Tools

Tool Scenarios, Specifications, Requests (e.g. I would really like a tool to do x, y and z...)

Pre-SIP Tools and Workflow
- AccessData FTK (Forensic Toolkit)
  - See YouTube video on the use of AccessData FTK to extract technical metadata and to assign descriptive metadata to collections at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDAhbR8dyp8
- Bulk Extractor "a C++ program that scans a disk image, a file, or a directory of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or file system structures". For sample output, see http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Bulk_extractor

- ddrescue a raw disk imaging tool that "copies data from one file or block device to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors." See more info from forensics wiki here: http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Ddrescue

SIP Tools and Workflows
- Curator's Workbench
  - Description: The Curator's Workbench is an extensible, multi-platform digital collection and appraisal tool for the desktop. It is designed to acquire and process batch data efficiently while giving the user control over work flow.
  - Available for download for Mac, PC and Linux here.
  - License: free and open source under Apache 2
  - Developers: Greg Jansen at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  - First release: December 2010
  - Current Release:

AIP Tools and Workflows
- Archivematica
  - Description: Archivematica is a comprehensive digital preservation system. Archivematica uses a micro-services design pattern to provide an integrated suite of free and open-source tools that allows users to process digital objects from ingest to access in compliance with the ISO-OAIS functional model.
  - Availability: available for download via virtual appliance, live USB, live DVD or a checkout from Subversion here.
  - License: free and open source under GPL version 2
  - Developers: Artefactual Systems
  - First release:
  - Current release:

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