Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : siegfried Version : 1.6.7 Upstream Author : Richard Lehane <richard.leh...@gmail.com> * URL : http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried * License : apache 2.0 Programming Lang: Go Description : signature-based file format identification tool
Siegfried is a signature-based file format identification tool, implementing: * the National Archives UK's PRONOM file format signatures * freedesktop.org's MIME-info file format signatures * the Library of Congress's FDD file format signatures This goes beyond the simple `file`-based identification approach. It is interesting because it supports official file signatures like the UK national archives or the Library of congress's. It also supports using multiple heuristics (file extension, content, etc) as opposed to other tools which focus on only one. It can also inspect archive contents and directories efficitently. I wonder if the go packaging team could take a shot at this?
