Description Service uses DROID for format identification and JHOVE for format validation and characterization. Based on the identification result, the Format Description Service launches applicable JHOVE validators to perform format validation and characterization. The JHOVE characterization and validation results are then transformed into PREMIS along with applicable standard metadata schema.
The Library of Congress and the Florida Center for Library Automation developed the PREMIS in METS (PiM) Toolbox. The project provides PREMIS:METS conversion and validation tools that support the implementation of PREMIS in the METS container format.
a set of open-source tools developed to support the implementation of PREMIS in the METS container format. The tools were created by Florida Center for Library Automation for the Library of Congress in 2009.