How to use fdd/LOC file signatures?

[kieranjol]

Hi ,

I'm experimenting with using SF in order to use with the format section of PREMIS within the Irish Film Institute. This is such a great tool! I saw on your website that LOC/FDD is in beta mode. Must I download their signature file and specify its usage? I'm not sure how to get it working.

sf -version
siegfried 1.7.4
/usr/share/siegfried/default.sig (2017-07-14T15:56:40+10:00)
identifiers: 
  - pronom: DROID_SignatureFile_V90.xml; container-signature-20170330.xml

Best,

Kieran.

[kieranjol]

NVM, I found the answer on the wiki: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd_xml_info.shtml

[richardlehane]

thanks Kieran - glad to hear you got it sorted. A shortcut for setting up your environment up to build custom signatures is to copy the latest "data.zip" file from the releases page into your siegfried home dir (described as "Quick setup" here: https://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/wiki/Building-a-signature-file-with-ROY#setup). This zip file has recent updates for most of the signature types & also has format sets etc. so really has all you need to start building your own signatures.

Also, the next release will include a feature that Ross has requested to make use of non-PRONOM signatures easier (available through sf -update and not dependent on using roy): https://github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/issues/103

Finally, if you're using with PREMIS you might be interested in this project I saw last week: https://github.com/hvanstappen/Siegfried2Premis - may help with your mappings

cheers Richard

[hvanstappen]

hi Kieran, the Siegfried2Premis stylesheet is made for the purpose of a specific project/organization, but if you can use it in any way, I'd be happy to hear your comments. You'll probably see that it needs some improvements (my xml skills are rather limited; e.g. I wasn't able to create an xsl that can work on the json directly). @richardlehane : thanks for mentioning!

best, Henk

[kieranjol]

Hey both,

thanks so much for all that info. the sf -update option sounds very interesting. I'll take another look at Siegfried2Premis, though the json > XML transform that you use could be useful to share as well?

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hi Kieran, the Siegfried2Premis stylesheet is made for the purpose of a specific project/organization, but if you can use it in any way, I'd be happy to hear your comments. You'll probably see that it needs some improvements (my xml skills are rather limited; e.g. I wasn't able to create an xsl that can work on the json directly). @richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane : thanks for mentioning!

best, Henk

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[hvanstappen]

Hi Kieran,

for the JSON > XML transformation I used Catmandu (on Github as well. You'll need to install it's XML library and then use the command: $ catmandu convert JSON to XML < “path/to/siegfriedout.json” > path/to/siegfriedout.xml

best,

henk

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Hey both,

thanks so much for all that info. the sf -update option sounds very interesting. I'll take another look at Siegfried2Premis, though the json > XML transform that you use could be useful to share as well?

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Henk Vanstappen notifications@github.com wrote:

hi Kieran, the Siegfried2Premis stylesheet is made for the purpose of a specific project/organization, but if you can use it in any way, I'd be happy to hear your comments. You'll probably see that it needs some improvements (my xml skills are rather limited; e.g. I wasn't able to create an xsl that can work on the json directly). @richardlehane https://github.com/richardlehane : thanks for mentioning!

best, Henk

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