File characterization API here

A webservice will be provided, that given a URL will provide output of characterization tools, and a file format ID. This API is yet to be defined.

The concept is that the output of this webservice must be included in a technical datastream for the file object. Also, the format ID must be provided in technical metadata.

WSDL: attachment:FileCharacterizer.xml

File Characterization API

The following describes those methods of the File Characterization API that may be called by the GUI.

characterizeFile

Generates characterization output from analysis of file.

Input parameters:

Returns: