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Overview

The File Information Tool Set (FITS) identifies, validates, and extracts technical metadata for various file formats. It wraps several third-party open source tools, normalizes and consolidates their output, and reports any errors. FITS was created by the Harvard University Library Office for Information Systems for use in its Digital Repository Service (DRS) (source: code.google.com)

Installation

  1. Download FITS from http://code.google.com/p/fits
  2. Follow the installation instructions at http://code.google.com/p/fits/wiki/installing.
  3. Edit line 5 in fits.sh (FITS_HOME='') and give it a home in the Apache user's path.

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