Tools and Models

Tools	Complexity	Usability	Currency	Fear Factor	Popularity	X Factor	Description
OAIS	91	33	86	89	95	94	Originating from the space data community, OAIS has become the bible of the wider digital preservation community. It provides a high level framework of a digital repository and a diagram that MUST be present in any presentation on digital preservation.
FITS	76	25	79	56	69	95	A characterisation tool that runs an array of atomic preservation tools and combines and normalises the output to simplify analysis and reuse.
DROID	45	76	64	41	79	62	DROID is a file format identification tool developed by The National Archives. It identifies file formats based on the definitions contained within The National Archives’ file format registry, PRONOM.
Apache Tika	72	33	81	52	62	88	Tika detects and extracts metadata and structured text content from various documents. It has been used successfully to gather characterisation information for digital collections.
DRAMBORA							Used to assess risks to Physical environment, Personnel, Management and Admin procedures, Operations & Service Delivery, Hardware, Software of Communications Equipment and Facilities
TRAC / ISO 16363	84	58	22	97	46	36	Used to assess the trustworthiness of digital repositories. Based on the OAIS conceptual model, but including metrics for Organizational Infrastructure, Digital Object Management (corresponding to OAIS fuctional competencies), Technologies, Technical Infrastructure, & Security)
C3PO
JHOVE
FIDO
Data Seal of Approval