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Tool Test Information

The tools listed below are available for beta testing by the TWG. To report a bug or request an improvement, please go to https://pds-jira.jpl.nasa.gov/projects/SW/issues. To submit new test case(s) or update of existing test case(s) for future regression testing, please email emily.s.law@jpl.nasa.gov.

Validate Tool

This version of the Validate Tool (1.14.0-dev) was built from the latest source code and includes all of the new features and corrections planned for the Build 9a release. This version addresses the following issues (issue details are available in this .csv file):

  • PDS-549: Added a summary of messages section to the reports
  • PDS-555: Limit number of errors being reported
  • PDS-556: Support for Arrays greater than 2GB
  • PDS-557: Updated to read in only the portion of the data file corresponding with the object description
  • PDS-561: Support Product_Metadata_Supplemental products
  • PDS-563: Fixed issue where it was incorrectly flagging negative float values as errors during table content validation
  • PDS-564: Fixed to handle gap datetimes during data content validation
  • PDS-566: Updated to support the new start_bit_location/stop_bit_location elements based on changes to version 1A00 of the IM
  • PDS-568: Updated to no longer do field format validation for binary tables

The issues above were included in the point build (1.13.1) released to the TWG on August 1, 2018. The issues listed below are new for this build:

  • PDS-570: Support multiple collection products in the same directory
  • PDS-571: Remove checking of valid files and directories at the root of a bundle directory
  • PDS-572: Disable the check that every file in a bundle or collection is referenced by a label

The TAR/GZIP and ZIP packages are available for download and include the Installation and Operation documents within the package:

Transform Tool

This version of the Validate Tool (1.8.0-dev) was built from the latest source code and includes all of the new features and corrections planned for the Build 9a release. This version addresses the following issues (issue details are available in this .csv file):

  • PDS-493: Support multi-line comments in target PDS3 labels
  • PDS-500: Support parenthesis in description fields for target PDS3 labels
  • PDS-533: Fix support for groups when doing PDS3 to PDS4 label transformations
  • PDS-539: Support explicit FILE objects for target PDS3 labels
  • PDS-540: Gracefully handle unfound data objects for target PDS3 labels
  • PDS-541: Gracefully handle missing RECORD_BYTES during PDS3 to PDS4 label transformations
  • PDS-551: Fixed an issue transforming MRO HiRISE image products
  • PDS-553: Support SFDU statements in PDS3 labels when doing PDS3 image transformations
  • PDS-560: Correctly map bit columns to field bit elements for PDS3 to PDS4 label transformations due to a change in version 1A00 of the IM
  • PDS-566: Updated to support new start_bit_location/stop_bit_location elements due to change in version 1A00 of the IM
  • PDS-573: Add support for Array_2D_Image to FITS transformations

The TAR/GZIP and ZIP packages are available for download and include the Installation and Operation documents within the package:

Inspect Tool

This version of the Inspect Tool (0.3.0-dev) was built from the latest source code and includes all of the new features and corrections planned for the Build 9a release. The TAR/GZIP and ZIP packages are available for download and include the Installation and Operation documents within the package: