About:
Jhove is a program used by the Archives to extract metadata from digital objects.
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More information about Jhove can be found here.
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jhove/files/
install:
1.) Navigate to your downloads folder and find the file "jhove-1_6.zip".
2.) Double click this file to create the folder "jhove". Drag this to the Desktop.
3.) Next we have to edit the configuration file:
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-Inside the "jhove" folder, find a the file that is simply named "jhove", with no extension.
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-This first of these should by default, read "JHOVE_HOME=fill in path to jhove java directory"
-Simply replace the text after "=" with the same path that we used in <jhoveHome> in the configuration file.
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3.) The Jhove graphic user interface should appear.
Processing files with Jhove:
1.) Highlight the folder(s) you are interested in processing and drag them directly on top of the Jhove window.
2.) You will see a progress bar as your files are processed. Once this is completed, a Jhove report will appear. We want to save this report, so on the preferences pane click on "file -> Save as...".
3.) Before saving, click the box "Choose output handler" and select "XML". Enter a file name and location to save the Jhove report, and click "Save".
