Fido in the jar

3 March 2011

Open Planets Foundation is proud to present: Fido.jar. A java port of the Python version of Fido (Format Identification for Digital Objects). This first version runs on all platforms with Java 6 update 23 or later installed.

We would like you to give this first Fido in a jar a try. If you encounter any bugs, please submit them to the OPF Labs Jira. Installation and usage instructions are included in the zipfile.

Download Fido.jar @ Github:

https://github.com/downloads/openplanets/fido/fido_jar-0.9.5.zip

Fido Identification

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