Jekyll2026-08-05T22:37:11+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/feed.xmlFile Information Tool Set (FITS)Documentation and official code release of the FITS and the FITS Web Service projectsFITS Community Sprint Recap, Winter 20222022-03-28T00:00:00+00:002022-03-28T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/blog/2022/03/28/community-sprintOverview and outcomes

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]]>authorAudio2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/audio 4.01 Audio semantic components
4.01.01
audioDataEncoding
4.01.02
avgBitRate
4.01.03
avgPacketSize
4.01.04
bitDepth
4.01.05
bitRate
4.01.06
blockAlign
4.01.07
blockSizeMax
4.01.08
blockSizeMin
4.01.09
byteOrder
4.01.10
channels
4.01.11
duration
4.01.12
maxBitRate
4.01.13
maxPacketSize
4.01.14
numPackets
4.01.15
numSamples
4.01.16
offset
4.01.17
sampleRate
4.01.18
software
4.01.19
soundField
4.01.20
time
4.01.21
wordSize
Example
<metadata>
    <audio>
      <numSamples toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">299159</numSamples>
      <sampleRate toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1">96000</sampleRate>
      <audioDataEncoding toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1" status="CONFLICT">PCM</audioDataEncoding>
      <audioDataEncoding toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.16" status="CONFLICT">PCM audio in integer format</audioDataEncoding>
      <audioDataEncoding toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="CONFLICT">Microsoft PCM</audioDataEncoding>
      <blockAlign toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">3</blockAlign>
      <time toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">458028579</time>
      <channels toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1">1</channels>
      <bitDepth toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1">24</bitDepth>
      <wordSize toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">3</wordSize>
      <offset toolname="OIS Audio Information" toolversion="0.1">46</offset>
      <byteOrder toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.16" status="SINGLE_RESULT">LITTLE_ENDIAN</byteOrder>
      <duration toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">3.12 s</duration>
    </audio>
</metadata>
]]>Container2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/containerExample 
<metadata>
  <container>
    <originalSize toolname="Droid" toolversion="6.4" status="SINGLE_RESULT">34318329</originalSize>
    <compressionMethod toolname="Droid" toolversion="6.4" status="SINGLE_RESULT">deflate</compressionMethod>
    <entries totalEntries="17" toolname="Droid" toolversion="6.4" status="SINGLE_RESULT">
      <format name="EPUB" number="1" />
      <format name="Extensible Markup Language" number="1" />
      <format name="Graphics Interchange Format" number="1" />
      <format name="JPEG 2000 JP2" number="1" />
      <format name="JPEG File Interchange Format" number="1" />
      <format name="MPEG-4" number="1" />
      <format name="Office Open XML Document" number="1" />
      <format name="OpenDocument Text" number="1" />
      <format name="PDF/A" number="1" />
      <format name="PDF/X" number="1" />
      <format name="Plain text" number="1" />
      <format name="Portable Network Graphics" number="1" />
      <format name="Rich Text Format (RTF)" number="1" />
      <format name="TIFF EXIF" number="1" />
      <format name="Waveform Audio" number="2" />
      <format name="ZIP Format" number="1" />
      </entries>
  </container>
</metadata>
]]>Document2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/document 4.02 Document semantic components
4.02.01
author
4.02.02
hasAnnotations
4.02.03
hasOutline
4.02.04
isProtected
4.02.05
isRightsManaged
4.02.06
isTagged
4.02.07
language
4.02.08
pageCount
4.02.09
title
Example
<metadata>
    <document>
      <pageCount toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">2</pageCount>
      <wordCount toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">141</wordCount>
      <characterCount toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">805</characterCount>
      <author toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">Zakuta, Vitaly</author>
      <lineCount toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">6</lineCount>
      <paragraphCount toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="10.00" status="SINGLE_RESULT">1</paragraphCount>
      <standard>
        <docmd:document xmlns:docmd="http://www.fcla.edu/docmd">
          <docmd:PageCount>2</docmd:PageCount>
          <docmd:WordCount>141</docmd:WordCount>
          <docmd:CharacterCount>805</docmd:CharacterCount>
          <docmd:ParagraphCount>1</docmd:ParagraphCount>
          <docmd:LineCount>6</docmd:LineCount>
        </docmd:document>
      </standard>
    </document>
</metadata>
]]>Fileinfo2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/fileInfo2.01filepath
2.02filename
2.03size
2.04md5checksum
2.05lastmodified
2.06fslastmodified
2.07created
2.08creatingApplicationName
2.09creatingApplicationversion
2.10inhibitorType
2.11rightsBasis
2.12copyrightBasis
2.13copyrightNote
2.14creatingos -->
Example
<fileinfo>
    <size toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">43152124</size>
    <creatingApplicationName toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="11.54" status="SINGLE_RESULT">Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)</creatingApplicationName>
    <lastmodified toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="11.54" status="CONFLICT">2013:12:16 13:24:36</lastmodified>
    <lastmodified toolname="Tika" toolversion="1.21" status="CONFLICT">2013-12-16T07:24:36</lastmodified>
    <created toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="11.54" status="SINGLE_RESULT">2013:12:16 13:23:37-06:00</created>
    <filepath toolname="OIS File Information" toolversion="1.0" status="SINGLE_RESULT">/Users/UserID/Desktop/Sample_0001.tif</filepath>
    <filename toolname="OIS File Information" toolversion="1.0" status="SINGLE_RESULT">0010_Adams_0001-006-1857-02-21_001.tif</filename>
    <md5checksum toolname="OIS File Information" toolversion="1.0" status="SINGLE_RESULT">0c8c66bcc9614cd280f44a0ab8181811</md5checksum>
    <fslastmodified toolname="OIS File Information" toolversion="1.0" status="SINGLE_RESULT">1387221878000</fslastmodified>
</fileinfo>
]]>Filestatus2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/fileStatusExample 
<filestatus>
    <well-formed toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">true</well-formed>
    <valid toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">true</valid>
</filestatus>
]]>Identification2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/identificationExample 1: Successful format identification

In this example, two tools (Jhove 1.5 and file utility 5.04) identified the format as Plain text with a MIME media type of text/plain.

<identification>
    <identity format="Plain text" mimetype="text/plain" toolname="FITS" toolversion="0.8.x">
        <tool toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.5" />
        <tool toolname="file utility" toolversion="5.04" />
    </identity>
</identification>
Example 2: Format conflict

In this example, there is a “format conflict”. The tool Exiftool 9.13 identified the format as PCD with MIME media type image/x-photo-cd, but the tool Tika 1.3 identified the format as MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. Notice in this case that the identification element will carry an attribute status value of CONFLICT.

<identification status="CONFLICT">
    <identity format="PCD" mimetype="image/x-photo-cd" toolname="FITS" toolversion="0.8.x">
        <tool toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="9.13" />
    </identity>
    <identity format="MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3" mimetype="audio/mpeg" toolname="FITS" toolversion="0.8.x">
        <tool toolname="Tika" toolversion="1.3" />
    </identity>
</identification>
]]>Image2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/image 4.03 Image semantic components
4.03.01
apertureValue
4.03.02
bitsPerSample
4.03.03
brightnessValue
4.03.04
byteOrder
4.03.05
captureDevice
4.03.06
cfaPattern
4.03.07
cfaPattern2
4.03.08
colorMap
4.03.09
colorSpace
4.03.10
compressionScheme
4.03.11
digitalCameraManufacturer
4.03.12
digitalCameraModelName
4.03.13
digitalCameraSerialNo
4.03.14
exifVersion
4.03.15
exposureBiasValue
4.03.16
exposureIndex
4.03.17
exposureProgram
4.03.18
exposureTime
4.03.19
extraSamples
4.03.20
flash
4.03.21
flashEnergy
4.03.22
fNumber
4.03.23
focalLength
4.03.24
gpsAltitudeRef
4.03.25
gpsAltitude
4.03.26
gpsAreaInformation
4.03.27
gpsDateStamp
4.03.28
gpsDestBearing
4.03.29
gpsDestBearingRef
4.03.30
gpsDestDistance
4.03.31
gpsDestDistanceRef
4.03.32
gpsDestLatitude
4.03.33
gpsDestLatitudeRef
4.03.34
gpsDestLongitude
4.03.35
gpsDestLongitudeRef
4.03.36
gpsDifferential
4.03.37
gpsDOP
4.03.38
gpsImgDirection
4.03.39
gpsImgDirectionRef
4.03.40
gpsLatitude
4.03.41
gpsLatitudeRef
4.03.42
gpsLongitude
4.03.43
gpsLongitudeRef
4.03.44
gpsMapDatum
4.03.45
gpsMeasureMode
4.03.46
gpsProcessingMethod
4.03.47
gpsSatellites
4.03.48
gpsSpeed
4.03.49
gpsSpeedRef
4.03.50
gpsStatus
4.03.51
gpsTimeStamp
4.03.52
gpsTrack
4.03.53
gpsTrackRef
4.03.54
gpsVersionID
4.03.55
grayResponseUnit
4.03.56
iccProfileName
4.03.57
iccProfileVersion
4.03.58
imageHeight
4.03.59
imageProducer
4.03.60
imageWidth
4.03.61
isoSpeedRating
4.03.62
lightSource
4.03.63
maxApertureValue
4.03.64
meteringMode
4.03.65
oECF
4.03.66
orientation
4.03.67
primaryChromaticitiesBlueX
4.03.68
primaryChromaticitiesBlueY
4.03.69
primaryChromaticitiesGreenX
4.03.70
primaryChromaticitiesGreenY
4.03.71
primaryChromaticitiesRedX
4.03.72
primaryChromaticitiesRedY
4.03.73
qualityLayers
4.03.74
referenceBlackWhite
4.03.75
resolutionLevels
4.03.76
samplesPerPixel
4.03.77
samplingFrequencyUnit
4.03.78
scannerManufacturer
4.03.79
scannerModelName
4.03.80
scannerModelNumber
4.03.81
scannerModelSerialNo
4.03.82
scanningSoftwareName
4.03.83
scanningSoftwareVersionNo
4.03.84
sensingMethod
4.03.85
shutterSpeedValue
4.03.86
spectralSensitivity
4.03.87
subjectDistance
4.03.88
tileHeight
4.03.89
tileWidth
4.03.90
whitePointXValue
4.03.91
whitePointYValue
4.03.92
xSamplingFrequency
4.03.93
ySamplingFrequency
4.03.94
YCbCrCoefficients
4.03.95
YCbCrPositioning
4.03.96
YCbCrSubSampling
]]>Metadata2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/metadataExample 
<image>
    <byteOrder toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">little endian</byteOrder>
    <compressionScheme toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">Uncompressed</compressionScheme>
    <imageWidth toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">2982</imageWidth>
    <imageHeight toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">4821</imageHeight>
    <colorSpace toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">RGB</colorSpace>
    <referenceBlackWhite toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1" status="SINGLE_RESULT">0 255 0 255 0 255</referenceBlackWhite>
    <iccProfileName toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">EPSON  Standard RGB - Gamma 1.8</iccProfileName>
    <orientation toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">normal*</orientation>
    <samplingFrequencyUnit toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">in.</samplingFrequencyUnit>
    <xSamplingFrequency toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">600</xSamplingFrequency>
    <ySamplingFrequency toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">600</ySamplingFrequency>
    <bitsPerSample toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">8 8 8</bitsPerSample>
    <samplesPerPixel toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">3</samplesPerPixel>
    <scanningSoftwareName toolname="Jhove" toolversion="1.20.1">Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)</scanningSoftwareName>
    <iccProfileVersion toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="11.54" status="SINGLE_RESULT">2.2.0</iccProfileVersion>
</image>
]]>Text2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:002022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.fitstool.org/data-dictionary/2022/03/22/text 4.04 Text semantic components
4.04.01
charset
4.04.02
linebreak
4.04.03
markupBasis
4.04.04
markupBasisVersion
4.04.05
markupLanguage
Example
<metadata>
    <text>
      <charset toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="12.29" status="SINGLE_RESULT">us-ascii</charset>
      <linebreak toolname="Exiftool" toolversion="12.29" status="SINGLE_RESULT">CR</linebreak>
      <standard>
        <textMD:textMD xmlns:textMD="info:lc/xmlns/textMD-v3">
          <textMD:character_info>
            <textMD:charset>US-ASCII</textMD:charset>
            <textMD:linebreak>CR</textMD:linebreak>
          </textMD:character_info>
        </textMD:textMD>
      </standard>
    </text>
</metadata>
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