DROID

DROID is a file format identification tool that reads the internal header information of a file and uses an algorithm to compare that information to PRONOM technical registry. DROID can tell you whether the file format is “positive,” “tentative,” or “unidentified.” For each positive or tentative match, DROID provides a PRONOM Unique ID (PUID), MIME type, format and version.

Refer to the DROID manual for more information on how to use the program and interpret your results.

• 1. To open the program, click on the jar file in program directory:

2. Click on the Add button at the top menu to add the directory to be analyzed. Also select File and Save As to create a name for the output file and save it to a specific location.

button to begin running the identification. Once the analysis is finished, click the Report button to generate a report on the analysis, and then select Comprehensive Breakdown from the dropdown list. Click on Report on Profiles

• 1. The report will pop up. Click the export button at the bottom of the page, and choose “PDF” as the file format to save the report as. Choose the location you want to save the report to and make sure you save a copy in pdi → docs